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The art of storytelling : telling truths through telling stories / Amy E. Spaulding.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spaulding, Amy E., 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Storytelling.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 210 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, Inc., [2011]
- Summary:
- Explores the art of storytelling, discussing how to develop the skill of shaping a story so that listeners are able to relate to it on a personal level, looks at the key elements of storytelling, and includes an annotated list of stories, a bibliography of collections, and a brief list of recommendations for online sources.
- Contents:
- Teaching storytelling and teaching through storytelling
- Welcome and congratulations
- Celebrate the joy of storytelling
- A living art: how does learn one stories? It is worth the effort
- Types of stories
- Selecting a story, and version to tell
- Building a program
- Performance issues
- Interacting with the audience
- The business of storytelling
- Storytelling versus storycrafting: traditional versus current forms
- The ethics and psychology of storytelling
- The energy of storytelling
- Storytelling in times of anxiety and change
- The storyteller's responsibility to the audience: choosing stories you trust
- Appendices. Storytelling values, the value of storytelling. Storiography
- Story collections
- Webliography: web sites useful to storytellers and students.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kathryn Faul and Joseph A. Wallace Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0810877767
- 9780810877764
- 9780810877771
- 0810877775
- OCLC:
- 668403441
- Publisher Number:
- 99946104413
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