The Seven Basic Plots
- Authors
- Booker, Christopher
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Tags
- writing
- ISBN
- 9780826452092
- Date
- 2004-12-26T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.74 MB
- Lang
- en
Booker proposes an entirely new thesis about the nature of storytelling. From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Jaws, Booker shows that there are a number of basic themes which continually reappear in the storytelling of mankind, shaping tales of very different kinds and from almost every age and culture.