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Aren't we talking about the imagination here, Erminia?

Or: well, I feel/think I cross those line when I read; as I 'identify' (I
know, I know, very non-theoretical, but it happens even as I also 'think'
theroy as I read) with characters who are 'different' from me but also
'like' me -- they are in some way 'human' -- & so I enter their points of
view, their subjectivities.

And if such imaginative identification occurs as I read, I would like to
think/feel/believe that some of that imaginative empathy etc works its way
into my life in the world, my relationships, etc.

Maybe...?

Doug

Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
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