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Telling stories Telling stories Michael Roemer Michael Roemer's groundbreaking work argues that every story, be it ancient myth or documentary film, is completed before we read or watch it. He explores why a society like ours, predicated on free … OL13535401W
The elusive "I" in the novel The elusive "I" in the novel Hamilton H. H. Beck ix, 161 p. ; 23 cm OL13535699W
Understanding genre and medieval romance Understanding genre and medieval romance K. S. Whetter "Unique in combining a comprehensive and comparative study of genre with a study of romance, this book constitutes a significant contribution to ongoing critical debates over the definition of romanc… OL13608230W
The Fiction of Narrative The Fiction of Narrative Hayden White Hayden White is celebrated as one of the great minds in the humanities. Since the publication of his groundbreaking monograph, Metahistory, in 1973, White's work has been crucial to disciplines where… OL15296274W
Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics Graeme J. Gill "Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics analyses the way in which Soviet symbolism and ritual changed from the regime's birth in 1917 to its fall in 1991. Graeme Gill focuses on the symbolism in p… OL15414277W
Kybernetischer Realismus Kybernetischer Realismus Alban Nikolai Herbst Drei Vorlesungen, die Alban Nikolai Herbst auf seiner Poetik-Professur in Heidelberg gab. OL15908331W
The narrative shape of truth The narrative shape of truth Ilya Kliger "Draws on philosophical and novelistic texts from the Western European and Russian canons to explore a crucial moment in the epistemological history of narrative and present a nonreductive way of con… OL15998954W
Writing at the limit Writing at the limit Daniel Punday "An examination of the relationship between contemporary fiction and new media from a narratological perspective"-- OL16263302W
Narrative based health care Narrative based health care Trisha Greenhalgh Based on the sound methodology of using patients' stories to better understand and manage their disease, this should be an ideal learning aid across all disciplines. Examples focus on the care of dia… OL16951539W
Plots and Powers Plots and Powers Anne Deirdre Wilson From Amazon: In this final book of her pioneering investigation of logical problems in medieval narrative texts, Anne Wilson offers a practical guide to her approach. She argues that certain narrativ… OL17190360W
Milly the River Fairy Milly the River Fairy Daisy Meadows The fairies are going green! The fairy king and queen have just put together a new team of seven fairies for a very special mission. They are the Earth Fairies! Together, they're going to work the… OL17413209W
Reinventing Hollywood Reinventing Hollywood David Bordwell In the 1940s, American movies changed. Flashbacks began to be used in outrageous, unpredictable ways. Soundtracks flaunted voice-over commentary, and characters might pivot from a scene to address th… OL19720827W
The Freedom Factory The Freedom Factory Ksenia Buksha 221 pages : 21 cm OL20551714W
Cohesion in Film Cohesion in Film C. Tseng xiii, 176 pages ; 23 cm OL20722257W
My Social Stories Book My Social Stories Book Carol Gray Takes autistic children step by step through such activities as using the toilet, brushing their teeth, and wearing a safety belt in the car. OL20991785W
Writing the barbarian past Writing the barbarian past Shami Ghosh "Writing the Barbarian Past examines the presentation of the non-Roman, pre-Christian past in Latin and vernacular historical narratives composed between c. 550 and c. 1000: the Gothic histories of J… OL22320840W
Unreliable narration and trustworthiness Unreliable narration and trustworthiness Vera Nünning "Initiating a transgeneric, intermedial and interdisciplinary approach to narrative unreliability, this volume is meant to enrich, modify and refine our understanding of (un)reliable narration by tak… OL23223128W
Narrative Narrative Amiẏa Deba Collection of papers presented at the International Seminar on Narrative held in New Delhi on 22-25 February 1990 under the auspices of Sahitya Akademi. OL23606665W
American Creative Non-Fiction American Creative Non-Fiction Jay Ellis xxxii, 235 pages : 24 cm OL27370308W
Narrative fiction Narrative fiction Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan What is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan provides a synthesis of contemporary approaches to narrative fiction, consideri… OL3260446W
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