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