The Bond of Empathy in Medieval and Early Modern Literature..

Author / Editor
Strong, David.

Title
The Bond of Empathy in Medieval and Early Modern Literature..

Published
Boston, Mass.: De Gruyter, 2022.

Physical Description
v, 173 pp.

Series
Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, no. 35
Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, no. 84

Description
Chapter 2 focuses on free volition (as formulated by John Duns Scotus), empathy, and fraternal bonding in "Amis and Amiloun" and in SNT. In the latter, Valerian and Tiburce “forgo political loyalties and prioritize their fraternal bond by cultivating their mutual awareness of spiritual goodness"; their sensory and extrasensory experiences lead to empathetic bonding and spiritual fruition.

Chaucer Subjects
Second Nun and Her Tale