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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Zhang, Muren
Titre(s) : Neo-Victorianism, empathy and reading [Texte imprimé] / Muren Zhang
Publication : London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (viii-207 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"In the words of J. Brooks Boustan, the empathic reader is a participant-observer,
who, as they read, is both subject to the disruptive and disturbing responses that
characters and texts provoke, and aware of the role they are invited to play when
responding to fiction. Calling upon the writings of Margaret Atwood, Julian Barnes,
Graeme Macrae Burnet, Sarah Waters, Michael Cox and Jane Harris, this book examines
the ethics of the text-reader relationship in neo-Victorian literature, focusing upon
the role played by empathy in this engagement. Bringing together recent cultural and
theoretical research on narrative temporality, empathy and affect, Muren Zhang presents
neo-Victorian literature as a genre defined by its experimentation with 'empathetic
narrative'. Broken down into themes such as voyeurism, shame, nausea, space and place,
Neo-Victorianism, Empathy and Reading argues that such literature pushes the reader
to critically reflect upon their reading expectations and strategies, as well as their
wider ethical responsibilities. As a result, Zhang breathes new life into the debates
associated with the genre and demonstrates new ways of reading and valuing these contemporary
texts, providing a future-orientated, reparative and politically meaningful way of
reading neo-Victorian literature and culture"
Sujet(s) : Livres et lecture -- 2000-....
Littérature anglaise -- 1990-....
Indice(s) Dewey :
820.900 92 (23e éd.) = Littérature de langue anglaise - Histoire et critique - 2000-....
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781350135598. - ISBN 1350135593. - ISBN 9781350297203. - ISBN 1350297208. -
ISBN 9781350135604 (erroné). - ISBN 9781350135611 (erroné). - ISBN 9781350135628 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46991865r
Notice n° :
FRBNF46991865
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Table des matières : Suspicious reading ; Reading (with) shame ; Tragic man ; Affective embodiment
; Conclusion.