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- Book Title
- Seven Basic Plots : Why We Tell Stories-20th Anniversary Edition
- Publication Name
- The Seven Basic Plots
- Title
- The Seven Basic Plots
- Subtitle
- Why We Tell Stories - 20th Anniversary Edition
- Contributor
- Nick Booker (Foreword by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1399415921
- EAN
- 9781399415927
- ISBN
- 9781399415927
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Comparative Literature, Social History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- Release Date
- 18/07/2024
- Release Year
- 2024
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Length
- 7.8 in
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Item Weight
- 15.9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Number of Pages
- 736 Pages
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This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose. Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years. This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.
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Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1399415921
ISBN-13
9781399415927
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20064615205
Product Key Features
Book Title
Seven Basic Plots : Why We Tell Stories-20th Anniversary Edition
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Trade Paperback
Language
English
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Comparative Literature, Social History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Literary Criticism, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
736 Pages
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Item Length
7.8 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
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Reviews
"....remarkable parallels between the structure of the modern film Jaws and that of the Old English Beowulf." -- Writing Magazine "If you have any interest in fiction and the way it works, you will enjoy this exploration of the seven basic plots and how they have been adapted and developed across the centuries." -- Writing Magazine "This magisterial volume really does offer readers a genuinely fresh and exciting perspective on virtually every tale ever told." --Bookmark "Fantastically entertaining" --The Times "This book...has mind-expanding properties. Not only for anyone interested in literature, but also for those fascinated by wider questions of how human beings organise their societies and explain the outside world to their inmost selves, it is fascinating." --Katherine Sale, FT "Christopher Booker's mammoth account of plot types, archetypes, their role in literary history and where Western culture has gone horribly wrong." -- Times Literary Supplement "His prose is a model of clarity, and his lively enthusiasm for fictions of every description is infectious... The Seven Basic Plots is...one of the most diverting works on storytelling I've ever encountered." --Dennis Dutton, The Washington Post "This is the most extraordinary, exhilarating book. It always seemed to me that 'the story' was God's way of giving meaning to crude creation. Booker now interprets the mind of God, and analyses not just the novel - which will never to me be quite the same again - but puts the narrative of contemporary human affairs into a new perspective. If it took its author a lifetime to write, one can only feel gratitude that he did it." --Fay Weldon "An enormous piece of work...nothing less than the story of all stories. And an extraordinary tale it is ... Booker ranges over vast tracts of literature, drawing together the plots of everything from Beowulf to Bond, from Sophocles to soap opera, from Homer to Homer Simpson, to show the underlying parallels in stories from what appear to be the most disparate sources. If stories are about "what happens next", this book sets out to show that the answer is always "the same things", then to explain why. I found it absolutely fascinating." --Ian Hislop, Private Eye "This is literally an incomparable book, because there is nothing to compare it with. It goes to the heart of man's cultural evolution through the stories we have told since storytelling began. It illuminates our nature, our beliefs and our collective emotions by shining a bright light on them from a completely new angle. Original, profound, fascinating - and on top of it all, a really good read." --Sir Antony Jay, co-author of Yes, Minister "I have been quite bowled over by Christopher Booker's new book. It is so well planned with an excellent beginning and the contrasts and comparisons throughout are highly entertaining as well as informative and most original - and always extremely readable." --John Bayley "Booker's knowledge and understanding of imaginative literature is unrivalled, his essays on the great authors both illuminating and stimulating. This is a truly important book, an accolade often bestowed and rarely deserved in our modern age." --Dame Beryl Bainbridge "...some splendid links between story and reality...enjoyably provocative" --Gordon Parsons, The Morning Star "It's hard not to admire the commitment of any writer whose book has taken 34 years to evolve. And there can be no doubting that Christopher Booker's 700-page, exhaustive examination of "Why we tell stories" - the book's subtitle - is a labour of love." --Gordon Parsons, The Morning Star "one of the most brilliant books of recent years" --Bel Mooney, The Times, " If you have any interest in fiction and the way it works, you will enjoy this exploration of the seven basic plots and how they have been adapted and developed across the centuries. " -- Writing Magazine " This magisterial volume really does offer readers a genuinely fresh and exciting perspective on virtually every tale ever told. " -- Bookmark " Fantastically entertaining. " -- The Times " This book...has mind-expanding properties. Not only for anyone interested in literature, but also for those fascinated by wider questions of how human beings organise their societies and explain the outside world to their inmost selves, it is fascinating. " -- Financial Times "Christopher Booker's mammoth account of plot types, archetypes, their role in literary history and where Western culture has gone horribly wrong." -- Times Literary Supplement " His prose is a model of clarity, and his lively enthusiasm for fictions of every description is infectious... The Seven Basic Plots is...one of the most diverting works on storytelling I've ever encountered. " -- The Washington Post " This is the most extraordinary, exhilarating book. It always seemed to me that 'the story' was God's way of giving meaning to crude creation. Booker now interprets the mind of God, and analyses not just the novel - which will never to me be quite the same again - but puts the narrative of contemporary human affairs into a new perspective. If it took its author a lifetime to write, one can only feel gratitude that he did it." -- Fay Weldon, novelist " An enormous piece of work ...nothing less than the story of all stories. And an extraordinary tale it is ... Booker ranges over vast tracts of literature, drawing together the plots of everything from Beowulf to Bond, from Sophocles to soap opera, from Homer to Homer Simpson, to show the underlying parallels in stories from what appear to be the most disparate sources. If stories are about "what happens next", this book sets out to show that the answer is always "the same things", then to explain why. I found it absolutely fascinating. " -- Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye "This is literally an incomparable book, because there is nothing to compare it with. It goes to the heart of man's cultural evolution through the stories we have told since storytelling began. It illuminates our nature, our beliefs and our collective emotions by shining a bright light on them from a completely new angle. Original, profound, fascinating - and on top of it all, a really good read." -- Sir Antony Jay, co-author of Yes, Minister " I have been quite bowled over by Christopher Booker's new book. It is so well planned with an excellent beginning and the contrasts and comparisons throughout are highly entertaining as well as informative and most original - and always extremely readable. " -- John Bayley "Booker's knowledge and understanding of imaginative literature is unrivalled, his essays on the great authors both illuminating and stimulating. This is a truly important book, an accolade often bestowed and rarely deserved in our modern age." -- Dame Beryl Bainbridge " Some splendid links between story and reality...enjoyably provocative. " --Gordon Parsons, The Morning Star " One of the most brilliant books of recent years. " --Bel Mooney, The Times
Table of Content
Introduction and historical notes PART ONE: THE SEVEN GATEWAYS TO THE UNDERWORLD 1 Overcoming the Monster 2 The Monster (II) and the Thrilling Escape from Death 3 Rages to Riches 4 The Quest 5 Voyage and Return 6 Comedy 7 Comedy (II): The Plot Disguised 8 Tragedy (I): The Five Stages 9 Tragedy (II): The Divided Self 10 Tragedy (III): The Hero as Monster 11 Rebirth 12 The Dark Power: From Shadow into Light Epilogue to Part One: The Rule of Three (the role played in stories by numbers) PART TWO: THE COMPLETE HAPPY ENDING Prologue to Part Two 13 The Dark Figures 14 Seeing Whole: The Feminine and Masculine Values 15 The Perfect Balance 16 The Unrealised Value 17 The Archetypal Family Drama (Continued) 18 The Light Figures 19 Reaching the Goal 20 The Fatal Flaw PART THREE: MISSING THE MARK 21 The Ego Takes Over (I): Enter the Dark Inversion 22 The Ego Takes Over (II): The Dark and Sentimental Versions 23 The Ego Takes Over (III): Quest, Voyage and Return, Comedy 24 The Ego Takes Over (IV): Tragedy and Rebirth 25 Losing the Plot: Thomas Hardy - A Case History 26 Going Nowhere: The Passive Ego. The Twentieth-Century Dead End - From Chekhov to Close Encounters 27 Why Sex and Violence? The Active Ego. The Twentieth-Century Obsession: From de Sade to T he Terminator 28 Rebellion Against 'The One': From Job to Nineteen Eighty-Four 29 The Mystery 30 The Riddle of the Sphinx: Oedipus and Hamlet PART FOUR: WHY WE TELL STORIES 31 Telling Us Who We Are: Ego versus Instinct 32 Into the Real World: The Ruling Consciousness 33 Of Gods and Men: Reconnecting with 'The One' 34 The Age of Loki: The Dismantling of the Self Epilogue: The Light and the Shadows on the Wall Author's Personal Note Glossary of Terms Bibliography Index of Stories Cited General Index
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