An edition of Reading for the plot
(1984)
Reading for the plot
design and intention in narrative
1st Vintage Books ed.
by Peter Brooks
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A book with a very formal and academic style which uses examples from novels and plays to discuss plot and how it works in stories.
From the Preface: This is a book about plots and plotting, about how stories come to be ordered in significant form, and also about our desire and need for such orderings. Plot as I conceive it is the design and intention of narrative, what shapes a story and gives it a certain direction or intent of meaning.
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Subjects
Fiction, History and criticism, Narration (Rhetoric), Plots (Drama, novel, etc.), Technique, Erzähltechnik, Roman, fiction technique, authorship, literary criticism, stories, writing, Fiction, technique, Intrigues (Théâtre, roman, etc.), Narration, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Composition & Creative Writing, Rhetoric, REFERENCE, Writing SkillsTimes
19th century, 20th centuryShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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Reading for the plot: design and intention in narrative
1992, Harvard University Press
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0674748921 9780674748927
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Reading for the plot: design andintention in narrative
1985, Vintage Books
in English
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
0394729099 9780394729091
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Reading for the plot: design and intention in narrative
1985, Vintage Books
in English
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
0394729099 9780394729091
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Reading for the plot: design and intention in narrative
1984, A.A. Knopf
in English
- 1st ed.
0394505972 9780394505978
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Reading for the plot: design and intention in narrative
1984, Clarendon
in English
0198158033 9780198158035
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Bibliography: p. 325-358.
Includes index.
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