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The Stories We Are - William L. Randall

The Stories We Are

An Essay on Self-Creation, Second Edition
Buch | Softcover
440 Seiten
2014 | 2nd edition
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4426-2638-6 (ISBN)
CHF 59,35 inkl. MwSt
From time to time we all tend to wonder what sort of “story” our life might comprise: what it means, where it is going, and whether it hangs together as a whole. In The Stories We Are, William Lowell Randall explores the links between literature and life and speculates on the range of storytelling styles through which people compose their lives. In doing so, he draws on a variety of fields, including psychology, psychotherapy, theology, philosophy, feminist theory, and literary theory.


Using categories like plot, character, point of view, and style, Randall plays with the possibility that we each make sense of the events of our lives to the extent that we weave them into our own unfolding novel, as simultaneously its author, narrator, main character, and reader. In the process, he offers us a unique perspective on features of our day-to-day world such as secrecy, self-deception, gossip, prejudice, intimacy, maturity, and the proverbial “art of living.”


First published in 1995, this second edition of The Stories We Are includes a new preface and afterword by the author that offer insight into his argument and evolution as a scholar, as well as an illuminating foreword by Ruthellen Josselson.

William L. Randall is a retired professor of gerontology at St. Thomas University.

Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


Prologue


I. The Aesthetics Of Living


Introduction


The Question of Creativity


The Creation of the Self


The Means of Self-Creation


The Story of My Life


The Art of Living


Summary


II. Life And Literature


Introduction


The Allure of Story


The Links between Story and Life


The Element of Plot


The Element of Character


The Element of Point of View


The Stories of Our Lives


Summary


III. The Poetics Of Learning


Introduction


The Autobiographical Imperative


The Re-storying of Our Souls


The Novel-ty of Our Lives


The Stories We Leave Untold


The Range of Storying Styles


The Art of Living Reconsidered


Summary


Epilogue


Afterword


Notes


References


Index

Verlagsort Toronto
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 680 g
Themenwelt Literatur Essays / Feuilleton
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-4426-2638-0 / 1442626380
ISBN-13 978-1-4426-2638-6 / 9781442626386
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