04284nam 22006975 450 991079122480332120230327051232.01-4426-1767-51-4426-1766-710.3138/9781442617667(CKB)2550000001197535(EBL)3290371(SSID)ssj0001151111(PQKBManifestationID)12503849(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001151111(PQKBWorkID)11124652(PQKB)10854387(CEL)446340(OCoLC)870652411(CaBNVSL)thg00910360(MiAaPQ)EBC3290371(MiAaPQ)EBC4670249(DE-B1597)498647(DE-B1597)9781442617667(OCoLC)1373820029(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106612(EXLCZ)99255000000119753520181023d2018 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Stories We Are An Essay on Self-Creation, Second Edition /William RandallSecond edition.Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]©20141 online resource (441 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4426-2638-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Contents -- 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 -- IntroductionThe Autobiographical ImperativeThe 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- ZAnnotationFrom 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 JosselsonPsychology and literatureNarration (Rhetoric)Psychological aspectsFictionPsychological aspectsPsychologyBiographical methodsPsychology and literature.Narration (Rhetoric)Psychological aspects.FictionPsychological aspects.PsychologyBiographical methods.801/.92Randall William, 1466294Josselson Ruthellen, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910791224803321The Stories We Are3676701UNINA