{"product_id":"empathy-and-the-strangeness-of-maria-c-scott-9781474463034","title":"Empathy and the Strangeness of Fiction: Readings in French Realism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores how and why narrative fiction engages empathy, including Theory of Mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a broad overview of current scientific work on the effects of fiction-reading on empathy, including Theory of MindProvides an original intervention in the field of literary theory, centring on the reflexive properties of the fictional strangerIncludes stand-alone close readings of three novels by important French authors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book studies recent psychological findings which suggest that reading fiction cultivates empathy, encouraging us to be critically reflective, suspicious readers as well as participatory, 'naïve' readers. Scott draws on literary theory and close readings to argue that engagement with fictional stories also teaches us to resist uncritical forms of empathy and reminds us of the limitations of our ability to understand other people. The book treats figures of the stranger in Balzac's \u003ci\u003eLa Fille aux yeux d'or\u003c\/i\u003e, Stendhal's \u003ci\u003eLe Rouge et le Noir\u003c\/i\u003e and Sand's \u003ci\u003eIndiana\u003c\/i\u003e as emblematic of the strangeness of narrative fiction, both drawing us in and keeping us at a distance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria C. Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474463037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474463034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Maria C. Scott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088353669375,"sku":"9781474463034","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbc395a8-9e89-463b-8f25-f2fd1367d77c.jpg?v=1769104368","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empathy-and-the-strangeness-of-maria-c-scott-9781474463034","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}