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The Storytellers' Journey: AN AMERICAN REVIVAL
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The Storytellers' Journey: AN AMERICAN REVIVAL Paperback - 1999

by Sobol, Joseph

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  • Title The Storytellers' Journey: AN AMERICAN REVIVAL
  • Author Sobol, Joseph
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition New
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
  • Date 1999-01-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0252067460
  • ISBN 9780252067464 / 0252067460
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.89 x 5.95 x 0.82 in (22.58 x 15.11 x 2.08 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Storytelling - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-19690
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.543

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From the rear cover

A seemingly chance encounter between a restlessly ambitious high school teacher and a coonhunting tale on the car radio sets off a chain of inspirations that changes the face of a small southern town, touches lives across America, and revitalizes a homely but treasured art form.

This is the seed of The Storytellers' Journey, Joseph Daniel Sobol's history of the past thirty years of American storytelling. In this compelling examination of the contemporary search for myth, Sobol explores the social and psychological roots of the storytelling revival and the ever-resurgent power of the storyteller.

Drawing on interviews with dozens of storytellers around the country, Sobol paints the revival as part of a larger process of cultural revitalization. He traces the growth of the preeminent revival organization, the National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling (NAPPS), in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and details the individual passions, the organizational politics, and the economic, social, and mythic forces that have combined to transform a ragtag assemblage of enthusiasts into a national and international network of arts professionals.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 02/15/1999, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 12/01/1999, Page 168