Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- 1 Does Reading Fiction Boost Empathy? Psychological Approaches
- 2 Literary Approaches to Empathy
- 3 Fictional Strangers and the Strangeness of Fiction
- 4 Balzac: The Limits of Transparency and the Dangers of Opacity
- 5 Stendhal and the Two Opposing Demands
- 6 Sand and the Necessity of Suspicion
- 7 Towards an Empathetic Ethics of Fiction-Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 October 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- 1 Does Reading Fiction Boost Empathy? Psychological Approaches
- 2 Literary Approaches to Empathy
- 3 Fictional Strangers and the Strangeness of Fiction
- 4 Balzac: The Limits of Transparency and the Dangers of Opacity
- 5 Stendhal and the Two Opposing Demands
- 6 Sand and the Necessity of Suspicion
- 7 Towards an Empathetic Ethics of Fiction-Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Empathy and the Strangeness of FictionReadings in French Realism, pp. 215 - 231Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2020