Paradoxes of Emotion and Fiction / / Robert J. Yanal.
How can we experience real emotions when viewing a movie or reading a novel or watching a play when we know the characters whose actions have this effect on us do not exist? This is a conundrum that has puzzled philosophers for a long time, and in this book Robert Yanal both canvasses previously pro...
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- One. The Paradox of Emotion and Fiction
- Two. Is Emotion Toward Fiction Irrational?
- Three. Emotion Toward Fiction or Fact?
- Four. Make-Believe and Quasi-Emotion
- Five. Emotion With and Without Belief
- Six. Thought Theory from Coleridge to Lamarque
- Seven. Thought Theory T
- Eight. The Paradox of Suspense
- Nine. The Paradox of Tragedy
- Summary
- Index