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Empathy and the Novel - Keen, Suzanne
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Does empathy felt while reading fiction actually cultivate a sense of connection, leading to altruistic actions on behalf of real others? Empathy and the Novel presents a comprehensive account of the relationships among novel reading, empathy, and altruism. Drawing on psychology, narrative theory, neuroscience, literary history, philosophy, and recent scholarship in discourse processing, Keen brings together resources and challenges for the literary study of empathy and the psychological study of fiction reading.

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Empathy and the Novel 2010, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780199740499

Trade paperback

Empathy and the Novel 2007, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780195175769

Hardcover