| Title : | On stories | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Richard Kearney, Author | | Publisher: | London, New York : Routledge | | Publication Date: | 2002 | | Pagination: | xii, 193 p. | | Layout: | ill. | | Size: | 23 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-415-24798-6 | | General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-190)
Includes index (p. 191-193) | | Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) | | Descriptors: | Prose literature - History and criticism
| | Class number: | 809.21 | | Abstract: | "On stories" - Stories offer us some of the richest and most enduring insights into the human condition and have preoccupied philosophy since Aristotle. On Stories presents in clear and compelling style just why narrative has this power over us and argues that the unnarrated life is not worth living. Drawing on the work of James Joyce, Sigmund Freud's patient 'Dora' and the case of Oscar Schindler, Richard Kearney skillfully illuminates how stories not only entertain us but can determine our lives and personal identities. He also considers nations as stories, including the story of Romulus and Remus in the founding of Rome. Throughout, On Stories stresses that, far from heralding the demise of narrative, the digital era merely opens up new stories. | | Contents note: | Where do stories come from?; Three case histories : Daedelus, Dora Schindler; From story to story : the cases of Stephen Daedalus; Whose story is it anyway?, the cases of Dora; Testifying to story : the cases of Schindler; The paradox of Testimony; National narratives : Rome, Britain, America; Introduction; Roman foundation myths: Aeneas and romulus; Britain and Ireland : Atale of Siamese twuins; America and its’ others: Frontier stories; Conclusion : Border Crossing; Narrative Matters; | | Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=13401 |
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