@article{1409679,
      recid = {1409679},
      author = {Booker, Christopher.},
      title = {The seven basic plots : why we tell stories /},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 728 pages)},
      abstract = {This volume provides an analysis of stories' plot  structures and their psychological meanings, attempting to  distill all of storytelling down to a few archetypes.  Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to  detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., the  author leads readers through the changes in the nature of  storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many  stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their  underlying archetypal purpose. He analyzes why evolution  has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how  storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to  mankind's psychological development over the past 5000  years.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1409679},
}