Triumph of Narrative

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About this Book

Format:Trade Paperback

Dimensions:224 Pages, 5.63 x 8.63 x 0.45 in

Published:November 15, 1999

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10:0887846459
ISBN - 13:9780887846458

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Massey lecturer and longtime editor of Saturday Night magazine, Robert Fulford is one of Canada's premier cultural journalists. The Triumph of Narrative offers a much-needed perspective on mass-media, electronic communication and the place of the imagination in the 21st century, and shows Canada's grand old man of letters to be in fine form. Join him on an in-depth study of storytelling and commentary in the age of information.

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Highly recommend!

This review is from: The Triumph of Narrative: Massey Lecture Series (Audio Book (CD))

3 years ago

Who better to deliver a clever account of narrative within mass media then a Globe & Mail columnist selected for the Massey Lectures Series? I picked up this book because the title caught my eye. The preface hooked me and I ended up reading the entire book in a day because Robert Fulford is a great storyteller. I knew little of Fulford before, but now I am a dedicated fan. The story he tells passes through various stages and styles to deliver a refreshing perspective on a topic usually over… + read more
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Fulford is Forceful

This review is from: The Triumph of Narrative: Massey Lecture Series (Audio Book (CD))

10 years ago

You should read the print version of Triumph of the Narrative, even if you heard him on “Ideas” on CBC.

In the essays, Robert Fulford documents narrative approaches to history, in (popular) fiction and rumour, even connecting one narrative to the Southern Plantation secessionists of the Civil War. According to Mark Twain and Fulford, the Southern planters adapted their own knighthood and chivalry cult, borrowing heavily from Walter Scott’s published legends of romance.
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