On sympathy

On sympathy / Sophie Ratcliffe.

Taking Shakespeare as its starting point, this book examines why and how we read poetry, how we relate to fictional characters, and whether reading is good for you. It also focuses on key works by Browning, Auden, and Beckett, and concludes with a critique of contemporary ideas about art, sympathy,...

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Main Author: Ratcliffe, Sophie, 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
English literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Sympathy in literature.
Authors and readers.
Literature and morals.
Reader-response criticism.
Books and reading > Philosophy.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors and readers
English literature > Theory, etc.
Literature and morals
Reader-response criticism
Sympathy in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Taking Shakespeare as its starting point, this book examines why and how we read poetry, how we relate to fictional characters, and whether reading is good for you. It also focuses on key works by Browning, Auden, and Beckett, and concludes with a critique of contemporary ideas about art, sympathy, and community.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-261) and index.
ISBN:9780191553677
0191553670
9780191716799
0191716790
0199239878
9780199239870
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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