
On Narrative
W. J. T. Mitchell(Author)
University of Chicago Press
2nd Edition
Published on 15. November 1981
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-226-53217-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 as a means by which human beings attempt to represent and make sense of the world.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
384 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-53217-2 (9780226532172)
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Person
W. J. T. Mitchellis the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History at the University of Chicago and editor of "Critical Inquiry".