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On Narrative (A Critical Inquiry Book)
W. J. T. Mitchell
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Description for On Narrative (A Critical Inquiry Book)
paperback. Essays examine the way stories are told, understood, and used to represent and make sense of the world. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226532172
SKU
V9780226532172
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