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This book studies recent psychological findings which suggest that reading fiction cultivates empathy, encouraging us to be critically reflective, suspicious readers as well as participatory, 'naive' readers.

Empathy and the Strangeness of Fiction

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 03/03/2022
      ISBN13: 9781474463041, 978-1474463041
      ISBN10: 1474463045
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      Literary studies: fiction

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      This book studies recent psychological findings which suggest that reading fiction cultivates empathy, encouraging us to be critically reflective, suspicious readers as well as participatory, 'naive' readers.

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