On Narrative
Mitchell, W. J. T.
ISBN 10: 0226532178 ISBN 13: 9780226532172
Published by University of Chicago Press, 1981
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Synopsis:
The fourteen distinguished contributors to this volume explore ways we tell, understand, and use stories. More important, through their exploration they collectively demonstrate that the study of narrative, like the study of other significant human creations, has taken a quantum leap in the modern era. No longer the province of literary specialists who borrow their terms from psychology or linguistics, the study of narrative has become and invaluable source of insight for all the branches of human and natural science. Multidisciplinary in scope, these essays dramatize and and clarify the most fundamental debates about the nature and value of narrative as a means by which human beings attempt to represent and make sense of the world.
About the Author: W. J. T. Mitchellis the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History at the University of Chicago and editor of "Critical Inquiry".
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Bibliographic Details
Title: On Narrative
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket