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  1. Literature and moral feeling
    a cognitive poetics of ethics, narrative, and empathy
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781009169516; 9781009169493
    RVK Categories: CC 6600
    Series: Studies in emotion and social interaction : Second series
    Subjects: Ethik; Literatur
    Other subjects: Literature and morals; Narration (Rhetoric) / Moral and ethical aspects; Ethics in literature; Empathy in literature; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition; Literary criticism
    Scope: ix, 304 Seiten, 3 Illustrationen (schwarz-weiß)
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    Literaturverzeichnis Seite 272-289

  2. Literature and moral feeling
    a cognitive poetics of ethics, narrative, and empathy
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    "Ethics has been a central concern in literature since the earliest works treating the purposes of poetry and stories. Plato famously criticized poets for their inculcation of morally improper inclinations, advocating an extensive state censorship... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
    2022 A 6703
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    Anglistisches Seminar der Universität, Bibliothek
    F EI 2058
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    "Ethics has been a central concern in literature since the earliest works treating the purposes of poetry and stories. Plato famously criticized poets for their inculcation of morally improper inclinations, advocating an extensive state censorship that would enable literature to contribute to the development of ethically upstanding citizens. Plato was not alone. Over the centuries, political and religious figures have sought to control what stories were written or read, in part for moral reasons. In a more liberal vein, the Medieval Muslim literary theorists sought to explain the processes by which literary works could cultivate the Islamic virtues (see Cantarino, Ibn Sinā, and Ibn Rushd). The close relation between literature and ethics has not always been viewed as involving the guidance of literature by philosophers or theologians. Sometimes, writers did not privilege philosophy over literature, but rather viewed the two as contributing more equally to a program of understanding ethics and behaving morally, and some gave literature a place of particular esteem. Thus, the ancient Sanskrit Nāṭya Śāstra (roughly, Treatise on Drama) asserts that "drama teaches the path of virtue" (9) and that the study of drama is "conducive to righteousness" (2). More strikingly, Kǒngzĭ (Confucius) urged his followers to study the Classic of Poetry (Shījīng), explaining that "The Odes serve to stimulate the mind. They may be used for purposes of self-contemplation"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781009169516; 9781009169493
    Series: Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series
    Subjects: Literature and morals; Narration (Rhetoric); Ethics in literature; Empathy in literature; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition; Literary criticism
    Scope: x, 304 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references and index