Shaped by stories : the ethical power of narratives / Marshall Gregory.
2009
PR35 .G756 2009
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Title
Shaped by stories : the ethical power of narratives / Marshall Gregory.
ISBN
9780268029746 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0268029741 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0268029741 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Imprint
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2009.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 223 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
PR35 .G756 2009
Alternate Call Number
08.38
Summary
Marshall Gregory begins with the premise that our lives are saturated with stories, ranging from magazines, books, films, television, and blogs to the words spoken by politicians, pastors, and teachers. He then explores the ethical implications of this universal human obsession with narratives.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Reading for life
What is ethical agency, why should you care, and what do stories have to do with your ethical agency?
For good or ill: stories as ethical education
Stories and the ethics of experience
Judgment that bites, assent that risks
Story as companionship
Ethics of narrative in a practical vein: ethical invitations in Katherine Anne Porter's "The Grave"
Ethics of narrative in a practical vein once more: invitations to misogyny in James Thurber's "The Catbird Seat"
Ethical engagements over time: reading and rereading David Copperfield and Wuthering Heights
Postscript: Toward an ethical theory.
What is ethical agency, why should you care, and what do stories have to do with your ethical agency?
For good or ill: stories as ethical education
Stories and the ethics of experience
Judgment that bites, assent that risks
Story as companionship
Ethics of narrative in a practical vein: ethical invitations in Katherine Anne Porter's "The Grave"
Ethics of narrative in a practical vein once more: invitations to misogyny in James Thurber's "The Catbird Seat"
Ethical engagements over time: reading and rereading David Copperfield and Wuthering Heights
Postscript: Toward an ethical theory.
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PR35 .G756 2009
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