Download or read book The Art of Sympathy in Fiction written by Howard Sklar and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the sympathetic effects of stories, and the possible ways these feelings can contribute to what has been called the "moral imagination." This book examines the dynamics of readers' beliefs regarding fictional characters and the influence of those impressions on the emotions that readers experience.