Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-261) and index.
Understanding sympathy and sympathetic understanding -- Brownings strangeness -- W.H. Auden : 'as mirrors are lonely' -- Samuel Beckett : 'humanity in ruins' -- Epilogue : sympathy now.
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Taking Shakespeare as its starting point, this book examines why and how we read poetry, how we relate to fictional characters, and whether reading is good for you. It also focuses on key works by Browning, Auden, and Beckett, and concludes with a critique of contemporary ideas about art, sympathy, and community.
Auden, Wystan H., 1907-1973, The sea and the mirror
Auden, Wystan H., Sea and the mirror.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
Beckett, Samuel.
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
Browning, Robert.
Authors and readers.
Books and reading-- Philosophy.
English literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.