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Author:
Jackson, Bruce, 1936-
Title:
The story is true : the art and meaning of telling stories / Bruce Jackson.
Publisher:
Temple University Press,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
xii, 244 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Narration (Rhetoric)
Storytelling.
Tales--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Index. Introduction -- 15. Personal stories -- 1. Telling stories -- 2. The fate of stories -- 3. The true story of why Stephen Spender quit the Spanish Civil War -- 4. The stories people tell -- 5. Acting in the passive, or, somebody got killed but nobody killed anybody -- 6. The story of Chuck -- 7. Commanding the story -- pt. 2. Public stories -- 8. Stories that don't make sense -- 9. The real O. J. story -- 10. Bob Dylan and the legend of Newport 1965 -- 11. Silver bullets -- 12. The deceptive anarchy of Let us now praise famous men -- 13. Words to kill by -- pt. 3. The story is true -- 14. The storyteller I looked for every time I looked for storytellers -- 15. Farinata's silence -- Notes -- Index.
ISBN:
1592136079 (pbk.)
9781592136070 (pbk.)
Locations:
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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