“…This pioneering collection brings together Suzanne Keen's extensive body of work on empathy and reading, charting the development of narrative empathy as an area of inquiry in its own right and extending cross-disciplinary conversations about empathy evoked by reading-- Contracubierta…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword / Leland Ryken -- Introduction: Read well, live well -- Part one. Cardinal virtues -- Prudence: History of Tom Jones, a foundling / Henry Fielding -- Temperance: Great Gatsby / F. …”

“…History students read a lot. They read primary sources. They read specialized articles and monographs. …”

“…The purpose of this book is to explore the changing meanings attributed to the act of reading. Although it has an historical perspective, the book`s focus is very much on the culture of reading that prevails in the 21st Century. …”

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