On Stories

by Kearney; Richard

• ISBN13: 9780415247986
• ISBN10: 0415247985
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-11-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Drawing on the work of James Joyce, the story of Sigmund Freud's patient Dora and the case of Oscar Schindler, Richard Kearney skillfully illuminates how stories are deep at work in fictional writing, autobiography and psychoanalysis and above all, in attempts to talk of the "self." He also considers the stories of nations and how these affect the way a national identity can emerge from stories. He looks at the stories of Romulus and Remus in the founding of Rome, the hidden agenda of stories in the antagonism between Britain and Ireland, and how stories of alienation in film such asAliensandMen in Blackreveal often disturbing narratives at work in projections of North American national identity.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Where Do Stories Come From?	p. 1
Where Do Stories Come From?	p. 3
Three Case Histories: Daedalus, Dora, Schindler	p. 15
From History to Story: the Case of Stephen Daedalus	p. 17
Whose Story is It Anyway? the Case of Dora	p. 31
Testifying to History: the Case of Schindler	p. 47
The Paradox of Testimony	p. 61
National Narratives: Rome, Britain, America	p. 77
Introduction	p. 79
Roman Foundation Myths: Aeneas and Romulus	p. 84
Britain and Ireland: a Tale of Siamese Twins	p. 91
America and Its 'Others': Frontier Stories	p. 102
Conclusion: Border Crossings	p. 118
Narrative Matters	p. 123
Narrative Matters	p. 125
Notes	p. 157
Index	p. 191
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