Stories We Need to Know
Reading Your Life Path in Literature
$33.80
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2008
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844091232 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844091236 |
| Author: | Allan G. Hunter |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Findhorn Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2008 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Just as these are Stories We Need, Allan Hunter is an author we need.”
“A brilliant taxonomy of humanity.” * Timothy Staveteig, publisher, Pilgrim Books *
“In this groundbreaking study, Allan Hunter uncovers the vital interplay of literature and psychology as he takes a bold new look at the way archetypes–whether found in The Odyssey or Harry Potter–can profoundly transform both individual lives and our spiritually starved society.” * Robert Atwan, editor, The Best American Essays *
Allan G. Hunter
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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