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Truby, John

The Anatomy Of Genres How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works - New York Picador 2023 - 710p

The world as story
Horror: religion
Action: success
Myth: the life process
Memoir and coming-of-age story: creating the self through fiction and nonfiction
Science fiction: science, society, and culture
Crime: morality and justice
Comedy: manners and morals
Western: the rise and fall of civilization
Gangster: the corruption of business and politics
Fantasy: the art of living
Detective story and thriller: the mind and the truth
Love story: the art of happiness
The future of storytelling

"A guide to understanding the major story genres and how to write them"

ISBN: 9780374539221 (PB)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science fiction, science, society, and culture
Fiction / Technique

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 808.1 / TRU