Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Introduction: Selfhood and the Novel.- Chapter One: Memory: Continuity, Coherence and Self-construction.- Chapter Two: Imagination and the Creative Self: The Reader and the Writer.- Chapter Three: Proofs, Probabilities and Ambiguities.- Chapter Four: Sympathy: The Self and Society.- Chapter Five: The Reflecting Self: Self-examination and Moral Judgement.- Chapter Six: Reflection, Reading Practice and Self-formation.- Conclusion.