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The Making Of The Sympathetic Imagination
The Making of the Sympathetic Imagination
Subtitle:
Transformations of Sympathy in British Eighteenth-Century Philosophy and Fiction
Book Category:
History > General
Author:
Barton, Roman Alexan
Editor::
Barton, Roman Alexan
ISBN 13:
9783110624014
Price:
EUR 79.95
Publication Year:
2020

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De Gruyter.

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How is it that we feel with fictional characters and so approve of their actions? Writing at the interface of ethics and poetics, British Enlightenment thinkers explored the sympathetic imagination as a means of explaining reader response and discovering moral distinctions. This study chronicles the concept's emergence from transformations of ancient traditions of sympatheia and demonstrates its critical assessment in the sentimental novel.