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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
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
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
The art and craft of feature writing The art and craft of feature writing William E. Blundell Storytelling—how to catch and hold a reader’s interest through artful narration of factual material William E. Blundell, one of the best writers on one of America's best-written papers—The Wall S… OL4637258W
Epos Epos Michael Lynn-George xii, 302 p. ; 23 cm OL4745725W
Mythical and Legendary Narrative in Ovid's Fasti (Mnemosyne Mythical and Legendary Narrative in Ovid's Fasti (Mnemosyne Paul Murgatroyd This book analyses the mythical and legendary narratives in Ovid's Fasti as narrative and concentrates on the neglected literary aspects of these stories. It combines traditional tools of literary cr… OL5737681W
Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition Lincoln Konkle "Fresh examination of the works of Thornton Wilder emphasizing continuities in American literature from the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. Sees Wilder as a literary descendant of Edward Tay… OL5833895W
Absent narratives, manuscript textuality, and literary structure in late medieval England Absent narratives, manuscript textuality, and literary structure in late medieval England Elizabeth Scala "Absent Narratives, Manuscript Textuality, and Literary Structure in Late Medieval England is a book about the defining difference between medieval and modern stories. In chapters devoted to the majo… OL5956293W
Satan unbound Satan unbound Peter Dendle "The devil is perhaps the single most recurring character in Old English narrative literature, and yet his function in the highly symbolic narrative world of hagiography has never been systematically… OL5992233W
Jamesian centers of consciousness as readers and tellers of stories Jamesian centers of consciousness as readers and tellers of stories S. Selina Jamil "Jamesian Centers of Consciousness as Readers and Tellers of Stories, provides a new perspective on Henry James's interest in the subjects of imagination and narrative authority as he reveals them th… OL7797581W
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