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Fiction and Emotion on Hardback by Bijoy H. Boruah
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Fiction and Emotion

A Study in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Mind
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Why do people respond emotionally to fiction when they know that it is only make-believe? This question which is fundamental to aesthetics and literary studies, is here tackled from a new perspective. The author first discusses the various answers that have been offered by philosophers form Aristotle to Roger Scruton. He shows that while some philosophers have denied any rational basis to our emotional responses to fiction, others have argued that the emotions evoked by fiction are not real emotions at all. In contrast, Dr Boruah argues that fictional emotions are rational, and that they are based on the same sorts of beliefs that we form about real situations and real people. He illustrates his discussion throughout by an extensive use of literary examples, ranging from Shakespeare to Tolstoy.
Release date NZ
December 1st, 1988
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  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
144
Dimensions
143x224x13
ISBN-13
9780195620931
Product ID
1807335

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