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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Fictional Character; 2.1 Notions of Personality and Personhood; 2.2 The Fictional Character: Concept and Function; 2.3 The Character Schema; 2.3.1 The Uniqueness of Character; 2....

3.1.1 The Reader as an Active Participant3.1.2 The Author-Reader Contract; 3.1.3 Reader: Constant, Implied, Universal; 3.2 Why Do Readers Read?; 3.3 Reader and Emotional Response; 3.3.1 Identification and Empathy; 3.3.2 Emotional Response and Character Complexity; 3.4 Summary of Conclusions; 4 A Ref...

4.3.1 Consistency and Suspension of Disbelief4.3.2 An Account of Inconsistency; 4.3.3 Consistency of Agent: The Lifelike Character Defined; 4.3.4 Inconsistency of Agent; 4.3.5 The Stereotype Explained; 4.4 Summary of Conclusions; 5 Character and the Author; 5.1 The Author of Fiction; 5.1.1 The Autho...

5.3 The Author and her Characters5.3.1 The Conception and Birth of the Fictional Character; 5.3.2 The Character Delusion: Dispelling the Myth; 5.3.3 The Absorption of Artifice: The Illusion of Free Will; 5.4 Authors and Narrators; 5.4.1 Point of View; 5.4.1A Omniscient; 5.4.1B First Person; 5.4.1C T...

6.3 Self-Creation of Character: The Concept of Character Arc6.4 Character Expositors; 6.5 Character Relations; 6.6 External Stimuli; 6.7 Summary of Conclusions; 7 Afterword; Appendix; Bibliography; Index