LEADER 04284nam 22006975 450 001 9910791224803321 005 20230327051232.0 010 $a1-4426-1767-5 010 $a1-4426-1766-7 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442617667 035 $a(CKB)2550000001197535 035 $a(EBL)3290371 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001151111 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12503849 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001151111 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11124652 035 $a(PQKB)10854387 035 $a(CEL)446340 035 $a(OCoLC)870652411 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00910360 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3290371 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4670249 035 $a(DE-B1597)498647 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442617667 035 $a(OCoLC)1373820029 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106612 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001197535 100 $a20181023d2018 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Stories We Are $eAn Essay on Self-Creation, Second Edition /$fWilliam Randall 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aToronto : $cUniversity of Toronto Press, $d[2018] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4426-2638-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- 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 -- Introduction 327 $aThe 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 -- Z 330 8 $aAnnotation$bFrom 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 606 $aPsychology and literature 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric)$xPsychological aspects 606 $aFiction$xPsychological aspects 606 $aPsychology$xBiographical methods 615 0$aPsychology and literature. 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric)$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aFiction$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aPsychology$xBiographical methods. 676 $a801/.92 700 $aRandall$b William, $01466294 702 $aJosselson$b Ruthellen, $4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791224803321 996 $aThe Stories We Are$93676701 997 $aUNINA