The Seduction of Fiction : a Plea for Putting Emotions Back into Literary Interpretation.

Author's Preface to the English Edition; Notes; Translator's Note; Notes; Contents; Introduction; Notes; Chapter 1: The Multiple Possibilities ofßReading; Notes; Chapter 2: Interpretation asßanßArt; Notes; Chapter 3: Context Matters; Notes; Chapter 4: The Writer's Seductive Power; Notes; Chapter 5: The Symbiosis ofßPsychoanalysis andßFiction; Notes; Chapter 6: The Art ofßStorytelling; Notes; Chapter 7: The Novel asßaßWork ofßBad Faith; Notes; Chapter 8: The Impossible Quest forßTruth; Notes; Chapter 9: Breaking New Ground: TheßPsycholiterary Approach toßFiction.

Restoring Subjectivity toßFavorFactoring inßAesthetic Jouissance; Taking anßInterest inßtheßVariety ofßPhilosophical Positions; Drawing Lessons fromßTheories ofßtheßPsyche andßTaking into Account Neuroscientific Developments; Taking Affects into Consideration inßtheßInterpretation, Creation, andßReception ofßLiterary Work; Notes; Conclusion; Note; Bibliography; Index.