Description: Neo-Victorianism, Empathy and Reading by Dr Muren Zhang 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Muren Zhang is Lecturer in the Department of English at East China Normal University, China. Before joining ECNU, she worked as an Associate Lecturer for four years in the Department of English Literature & Creative Writing at Lancaster University, where she also gained her PhD. Her research interests include empathy studies, affect theory, neo-Victorianism and contemporary womens writing. Table of Contents IntroductionChapter One: Suspicious ReadingChapter Two: Reading (with) ShameChapter Three: Tragic ManChapter Four: Affective EmbodimentConclusionBibliographyIndex Promotional The first major work to examine the wide-ranging ethical and political implications of an empathetic text-reader relationship in neo-Victorian literature by authors Margaret Atwood, Sarah Waters and Julian Barnes. Details ISBN1350297208 Language English ISBN-10 1350297208 ISBN-13 9781350297203 Pages 216 Year 2023 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-10-19 Author Dr Muren Zhang UK Release Date 2023-10-19 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 3 bw illus AU Release Date 2023-10-19 NZ Release Date 2023-10-19 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint Bloomsbury Academic DEWEY 820.90092 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:151185379;
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