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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
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
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
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
The tested woman plot The tested woman plot Lois E. Bueler "In this study, Lois E. Bueler examines in broad literary historical terms what she calls the Tested Woman Plot, a "story-machine" that originated in the ancient Mediterranean world (as in the storie… OL3949508W
Narratives of British socialism Narratives of British socialism Stephen Ingle "What can the study of narratives bring to our understanding of political ideas that other forms of analysis cannot? In Narratives of British Socialism, Stephen Ingle shows how imaginative literature… OL4299029W
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
Mazes of the serpent Mazes of the serpent Roger B. Salomon "In this book Roger B. Salomon explores the nature of horror in literature and in life. Rather than minimizing horror by narrowly associating it with psychological drives, persecution, or extremism, … OL5263407W
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
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
Adventures in fantasy Adventures in fantasy John Gust "Adventures in fantasy is a progressive series of ready-to-use lessons and activities that will guide your students through the steps necessary to first create and then write their own original work … OL8575239W
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