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The Routledge Handbook of Fiction and Belief offers a fresh reevaluation of the relationship between fiction and belief, surveying key debates and perspectives from a range of disciplines including narrative and cultural studies, science, religion, and politics. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of Figures and Tables 12 List of Contributors 14 Introduction 24 Part I: Believing in Fiction: Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives 36 1 Belief, Imagination, and the Nature of Fiction 38 2 The “Willing Suspension of Disbelief”: The Long History of a Short Phrase 51 3 The Fictionality of Games and the Ludic Nature of Fiction: Make-Believe, Immersion, Play 64 4 Fictional Emotions and Belief 75 5 Fictional Characters and Belief 87 6 Fictionality, the Zone of Generic Fiction, and the Allure of Unreliable Narration 98 7 Belief Is a Mess. That Makes It Good for Fiction. (A Perspective from Cognitive Literary Theory) 111 8 Fiction and Historiography 124 9 Fiction and Scientific Knowledge 138 10 Learning from Fiction 149 Part II: From Fiction to Belief: Social and Political Effects 162 11 Do Fictions Impact People’s Beliefs

Author

Alison James,Akihiro Kubo,Françoise Lavocat

Language

EN