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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Intended Audience
- Trade
- ISBN
- 9780525521174
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525521178
ISBN-13
9780525521174
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242503070
Product Key Features
Book Title
Daemon Voices : on Stories and Storytelling
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Authorship, Storytelling, Personal Memoirs, Books & Reading, Essays
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
29.7 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-049677
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"This collection of 32 talks, published articles, and prefaces written between 1997 and 2014 by children's writer Pullman ( La Belle Sauvage ) addresses "the business of the storyteller" with the quiet confidence of a master craftsmen sharing the tricks of his trade. Though Pullman claims no authority beyond knowing "what it feels like to write a story," the essays delineate and defend the real work of fiction to nourish imagination, shape moral understanding, and, above all, delight. The book progresses from how stories work--"the aim must always be clarity"--to why they matter, along the way peeking into Pullman's inspirations (notably including William Blake, Robert Burton, John Milton, and the Grimm brothers), pet peeves ("I shall say no more about our current educational system"), and process. Democratic in his philosophy, materialist in his beliefs ("this world is where the things are that matter"), and with a droll humor that occasionally approaches whimsy, Pullman employs a confiding, ruminative tone, a sharply analytical eye, and a vocabulary free of pedantry or cant to insist on the central value of a sense of wonder. The book is a toolbox stacked with generous, sensible advice for writers and thinkers who agree with Pullman that stories "are not luxuries; they're essential to our wellbeing." -- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Decimal
809/.93353
Table Of Content
Topic Finder Introduction by Simon Mason Magic Carpets The Writer's Responsibilities The Writing of Stories Making It Up and Writing It Down Heinrich von Kleist: "On the Marionette Theatre" Grace Lost and Regained Paradise Lost An Introduction The Origin of the Universe The Storytelling of Science and Religion: A Response to a Lecture by Stephen Hawking The Path Through the Wood How Stories Work Dreaming of Spires Oxfords, Real and Imaginary Intention What Do You Mean? Children's Literature Without Borders Stories Shouldn't Need Passports Let's Write It in Red The Practice of Writing Epics Big Stories About Big Things Folk Tales of Britain Streams of Stories Down Through the Years As Clear as Water Making a New Version of the Brothers Grimm A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Modernism and Storytelling Poco a Poco The Fundamental Particles of Narrative The Classical Tone Narrative Tact and Other Classical Virtues Reading in the Borderland Reading, Books and Pictures Oliver Twist An Introduction Let's Pretend Novels, Films and the Theatre The Firework-Maker's Daughter on Stage The Story of a Story Imaginary Friends Are Stories Anti-Scientific? Maus Behind the Masks Balloon Debate Why Fiction Is Valuable The Anatomy of Melancholy An Introduction to an Indispensable Book Soft Beulah's Night William Blake and Vision Writing Fantasy Realistically Fantasy, Realism and Faith The Story of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ A Response to Puzzled Readers The Cat, the Chisel and the Grave Do We Need a Theory of Human Nature to Tell Us How to Write Stories? "I Must Create a System . . ." A Moth's-eye View of William Blake Talents and Virtues Another Visit to Miss Goddard's Grave God and Dust Notes for a Study Day with the Bishop of Oxford The Republic of Heaven God Is Dead, Long Live the Republic! Acknowledgements Index
Synopsis
From the internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a spellbinding journey into the secrets of his art--the narratives that have shaped his vision, his experience of writing, and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling. One of the most highly acclaimed and best-selling authors of our time now gives us a book that charts the history of his own enchantment with story--from his own books to those of Blake, Milton, Dickens, and the Brothers Grimm, among others--and delves into the role of story in education, religion, and science. At once personal and wide-ranging, Daemon Voices is both a revelation of the writing mind and the methods of a great contemporary master, and a fascinating exploration of storytelling itself.
LC Classification Number
PN56.S7357P85 2018
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