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Category Archives: Storytelling
Storytelling and Ecology: Empathy, Enchantment, and Emergence in the Use of Oral Narratives
Storytelling and Ecology, from Bloomsbury Academic, is my first academic monograph. The writing of it – the second draft in particular – was quite an intense experience, since it coincided with the first five months of the pandemic. The concept … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Mythology, Storytelling
Tagged Anthony Nanson, Bloomsbury, connection, Ecology, monograph, Storytelling, Storytelling and Ecology
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Alida Gersie’s Earthtales (review)
Alida Gersie’s celebrated Earthtales is, in large part, a collection of traditional tales that have to do with the earth and its creatures. Most are from cultures that have been endangered by the imperialism of Western modernity, which by the … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Mythology, Storytelling
Tagged Alida Gersie, arts therapist, Earthtales, groupwork, storymaking, Storytelling, traditional tales
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Kevin Crossley-Holland’s The Magic Lands
The Magic Lands is the paperback title of Kevin Crossley-Holland’s British Folk Tales. It’s a better title in that the collection covers Irish tales as well as ones from England, Scotland, and Wales. The Irish stories do tend to … Continue reading
Raylene Ramsay’s The Literatures of the French Pacific
Raylene Ramsay’s monograph The Literatures of the French Pacific: Reconfiguring Hybridity has a misleading title. The book deals not with the French Pacific as a whole, but specifically with the French-speaking country of New Caledonia. I can only think this … Continue reading
Hugh Lupton’s The Ballad of John Clare
Among the leading figures of the British storytelling revival, Hugh Lupton is one very worthy of ecocritical attention. Shows such as On Common Ground (performed with Chris Wood) and The Liberty Tree (performed with Nick Hennessey) passionately engage with the … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Politics, Storytelling
Tagged commons, enclosure, Hugh Lupton, John Clare, Mary Joyce, On Common Ground, The Ballad of John Clare
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Review: Words of Re-Enchantment by Anthony Nanson – by Lorna Smithers
Originally posted on GODS & RADICALS:
Anthony Nanson is a storyteller and writer based in Stroud. He currently runs Awen Publications. Words of Re-Enchantment: Writings on Storytelling, Myth and Ecological Desire is a collection of essays originally written for various…
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Words of Re-enchantment – by Nimue Brown
Originally posted on Druid Life:
Anthony Nanson’s ‘Words of re-enchantment’ is a collection of essays which its subtitle labels as storytelling, myth and ecological desire. I’d go a lot further than this, because it’s a relevant book for anyone wanting…
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Ben Haggarty and Adam Brockbank’s Mezolith
Years ago I saw a storytelling show quite unlike any I’ve seen before or since. In I Become Part of It the Company of Storytellers – Pomme Clayton, Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton – attempted to evoke the imaginative world of … Continue reading
