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On stories / Richard Kearney.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thinking in actionPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.Description: xii, 193 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0415247977
  • 0415247985 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809 KEA
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 809 KEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002000342304

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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 skilfully 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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-190) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. xi)
  • Part 1 Where Do Stories Come From? (p. 1)
  • 1 Where Do Stories Come From? (p. 3)
  • Part 2 Three Case Histories: Daedalus, Dora, Schindler (p. 15)
  • 2 From History to Story: the Case of Stephen Daedalus (p. 17)
  • 3 Whose Story is It Anyway? the Case of Dora (p. 31)
  • 4 Testifying to History: the Case of Schindler (p. 47)
  • 5 The Paradox of Testimony (p. 61)
  • Part 3 National Narratives: Rome, Britain, America (p. 77)
  • 6 Introduction (p. 79)
  • 7 Roman Foundation Myths: Aeneas and Romulus (p. 84)
  • 8 Britain and Ireland: a Tale of Siamese Twins (p. 91)
  • 9 America and Its 'Others': Frontier Stories (p. 102)
  • 10 Conclusion: Border Crossings (p. 118)
  • Part 4 Narrative Matters (p. 123)
  • 11 Narrative Matters (p. 125)
  • Notes (p. 157)
  • Index (p. 191)

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