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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-101438490372

ISBN-139781438490373

eBay Product ID (ePID)21057272681

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleStory Is True : the Art and Meaning of Telling Stories

Number of Pages318 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicCommunication Studies, Storytelling, Essays

IllustratorYes

FeaturesRevised

GenrePerforming Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections

AuthorBruce Jackson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2022-003487

ReviewsFrom the Reviews of the First Edition " The Story Is True is an expertly written narrative by a professional storyteller, which shows its ideas through its structure as much as it tells them with words." -- Discourse Studies "Jackson's book is a work every oral historian should read. It shows how stories inform many disciplines." -- The Oral History Review "The writing style is warm, lucid, and informal--at all times humane and accessible ... Students will love its verve and informality. It will painlessly show them the importance of words and stories for politics, philosophy, and social interaction. This book could be the sort of introductory classroom text that turns students of narrative into enthusiasts." -- The Journal of American Folklore, From the Reviews of the First Edition " The Story is True is an expertly written narrative by a professional storyteller, which shows its ideas through its structure as much as it tells them with words." -- Discourse Studies "Jackson's book is a work every oral historian should read. It shows how stories inform many disciplines." -- The Oral History Review "The writing style is warm, lucid, and informal--at all times humane and accessible ... Students will love its verve and informality. It will painlessly show them the importance of words and stories for politics, philosophy, and social interaction. This book could be the sort of introductory classroom text that turns students of narrative into enthusiasts." -- The Journal of American Folklore, From the Reviews of the First Edition " The Story Is True is an expertly written narrative by a professional storyteller, which shows its ideas through its structure as much as it tells them with words." -- Discourse Studies "Jackson's book is a work every oral historian should read. It shows how stories inform many disciplines." -- The Oral History Review "The writing style is warm, lucid, and informal--at all times humane and accessible Students will love its verve and informality. It will painlessly show them the importance of words and stories for politics, philosophy, and social interaction. This book could be the sort of introductory classroom text that turns students of narrative into enthusiasts." -- The Journal of American Folklore

Dewey Edition23/eng/20220128

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromCollege Freshman

Dewey Decimal808

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Table Of ContentIntroduction PART I: PERSONAL STORIES 1. Telling Stories 2. The Fate of Stories 3. The True Story of Why Stephen Spender Quit the Spanish Civil War 4. The Doctor's Story 5. The Stories People Tell 6. Acting in the Passive; or , Somebody Got Killed but Nobody Killed Anybody 7. The Story of Chuck 8. Storytellers' Storytellers 9. The Deceptive Anarchy of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men PART II: PUBLIC STORIES 10. Just the Facts 11. Stories That Don't Make Sense 12. Murder, Movies, Trials, and Kinds of Talk 13. The Real O.J. Story 14. Words to Kill By 15. Bob Dylan and the Legend of Newport 1965 PART III: SEEING IN THE DARK 16. Silver Bullets 17. Loose Ends in Night Moves 18. Making War, Making Movies: The Fog of War 19. Filming Gatsby 20. Fellini's Memory: Amarcord PART IV: THE STORY IS TRUE 21. The Storyteller I Looked for Every Time I Looked for Storytellers 22. Farinata's Silence Coda: Donald Trump's Big Lie Acknowledgments Notes Index

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisDelves into the meaning of stories, their tellers, and those who experience them. In The Story Is True , folklorist, filmmaker, and professor of English Bruce Jackson explores the ways we use the stories that become a central part of our public and private lives. Describing and explaining how stories are made and used, Jackson examines how stories narrate and bring meaning to our lives. Jackson writes about his family and friends, acquaintances, and experiences, focusing on more than a dozen personal stories. From oral histories to public stories-such as what happened when Bob Dylan "went electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival-Jackson gets at how the "truth" is constantly shifting depending on the perspective, memory, and social meaning that is ascribed to various events-both real and imaginary. The book is ideal for students and writers of oral history and storytelling but goes beyond those topics to encompass how we interpret and understand the real-life "stories" that we encounter in our daily experience. This edition includes new sections on how stories are related to historical facts and new chapters on contemporary films (expanding the discussion of visual storytelling) and on conspiracy narratives and Trump's Big Lie. Fresh examples tie together new material with the existing stories.

LC Classification NumberPN212.J33 2022