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Christopher Booker Seven Basic Plots

Why We Tell Stories

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Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

UK

2005

Oversized Paperback

736

Heavy

237989

978-0-8264-8037-8

0-8264-8037-3

literary studies: general

Annotation

Examines the basis of story telling in literature, film, and libretto. This book provides an answer to the riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using many examples, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes.The author then leads us through the changes in the nature of storytelling.

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