Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1 The Philosophical Underpinnings of Empathy 18
5. Chapter 2 Empathy’s Volition in Preserving a Medieval Fraternal Bond 36
6. Chapter 3 Empathy for an Aged Patriarch and a Young Lover: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Shakespeare’s Supporting Cast 78
7. Chapter 4 Projecting an Empathy that Transgresses This World’s Bounds in Seventeenth-Century Metaphysical Poetry 126
8. Epilogue 170
9. Index 172