Stories We Need to Know by Allan G Hunter
Literary exemplars shed light on modern discontents. A combination of therapy and expertise in literature, this book explains the six archetypes derived from 4,000 years of literature and how they may guide unhappy people seeking meaning in their lives. Holding up the great books as the best way to understand these timeless story elements, the discussion devotes a chapter to each of the six archetypes: the innocent, the orphan, the pilgrim, the warrior-lover, the monarch pair, and the magician. Story structures are shown to be particularly suited to therapy with adolescents, many of whom have never stepped away from television and the shopping mall long enough to understand their unmet spiritual needs.
Allan G. Hunter is a therapist and a professor of literature at Curry College in Massachusetts. He is the author of Joseph Conrad and the Ethics of Darwinism, Life Passages, and The Sanity Manual.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844091232 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844091236 |
| Title | Stories We Need to Know |
| Author | Allan Hunter |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Kaminn Media Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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