Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-395) and index
Introduction, making a difference in students' lives -- "Schoolmastering's so different, so important": fictional and filmic literature teachers -- Empathy, trauma, and forgiveness : classroom implications -- Family snapshots 1 : letters to and from parents -- Family snapshots 2 : empathy and its vicissitudes -- "The age of melancholy": bearing witness to depression -- Risky teaching : on being called a pervert, a predator, and a natural therapist
