On Stories

Name: On Stories
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ISBN: 9780415247986

ISBN-10: 0415247985

ISBN-13: 9780415247986

Edition: 2001

Authors: Richard Kearney

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Drawing on the work of James Joyce, the story of Sigmund Freud's patient Dora and the case of Oscar Schindler, Richard Kearney skillfully illuminates how stories are deep at work in fictional writing, autobiography and psychoanalysis and above all, in attempts to talk of the "self." He also considers the stories of nations and how these affect the way a national identity can emerge from stories. He looks at the stories of Romulus and Remus in the founding of Rome, the hidden agenda of stories in the antagonism between Britain and Ireland, and how stories of alienation in film such asAliensandMen in Blackreveal often disturbing narratives at work in projections of North American national…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.80" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Preface



Where Do Stories Come From?



Where Do Stories Come From?



Three Case Histories: Daedalus, Dora, Schindler



From History to Story: the Case of Stephen Daedalus



Whose Story is It Anyway? the Case of Dora



Testifying to History: the Case of Schindler



The Paradox of Testimony



National Narratives: Rome, Britain, America



Introduction



Roman Foundation Myths: Aeneas and Romulus



Britain and Ireland: a Tale of Siamese Twins



America and Its 'Others': Frontier Stories



Conclusion: Border Crossings



Narrative Matters



Narrative Matters


Notes


Index