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The moral laboratory : experiments examining the effects of reading literature on social perception and moral self-concept /
The idea that reading literature changes the reader seems as old as literature itself. Through the ages philosophers, writers, and literary scholars have suggested it affects norms, empathic ability, self-concept, beliefs, etc. This book examines what we actually know about these effects. And it fin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub.,
©2000.
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| Colección: | Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature ;
v. 34. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The idea that reading literature changes the reader seems as old as literature itself. Through the ages philosophers, writers, and literary scholars have suggested it affects norms, empathic ability, self-concept, beliefs, etc. This book examines what we actually know about these effects. And it finds strong evidence for the old claims. However, it remains unclear what aspects of the reading experience are responsible for these effects. Applying methods of the social sciences to this particular problem of literary theory, this book presents a psychological explanation based upon the conception. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1556196806 9781556196805 9027222231 9789027222237 9789027298546 9027298548 |