Title Literature and moral feeling : a cognitive poetics of ethics, narrative, and empathy / Patrick Colm Hogan, University of Connecticut

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series. Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 03, 2022) Subject Literature and morals. Narration (Rhetoric) -- Moral and ethical aspects Ethics in literature. Empathy in literature. PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition. Empathy in literature. Ethics in literature. Literature and morals. Narration (Rhetoric) -- Moral and ethical aspects. Genre/Form Literary criticism. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book LC no. 2021055366 ISBN 9781009169509 1009169505

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