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Zusatztext [an] excellent work of literary criticism... Ratcliffe shows herself to be an attentive, subtle, often witty reader. Informationen zum Autor Born in London in 1975, Sophie Ratcliffe was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and Hertford College, Oxford. She holds a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at Keble College, Oxford, where she researches ideas of sympathy and sentimentality. She is currently working on a selected edition of the letters of P. G. Wodehouse, and regularly reviews contemporary fiction for the national press. Klappentext 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, who all drew on Shakespeare - and concludes with a critique of contemporary ideas about art, sympathy, and community. Zusammenfassung 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, who all drew on Shakespeare - and concludes with a critique of contemporary ideas about art, sympathy, and community.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1: Understanding Sympathy and Sympathetic Understanding
- 2: Browning's Strangeness
- 3: W. H. Auden: 'as mirrors are lonely'
- 4: Samuel Beckett: 'humanity in ruins'
- Epilogue
