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Reading for the plot

Reading for the plot

by Peter Brooks

FictionHistory and criticismNarration (Rhetoric)Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)Technique
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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.

Themes & subjects

FictionHistory and criticismNarration (Rhetoric)Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)TechniqueErzähltechnik

Setting

19th century20th century

About the author

Peter Brooks

1938

Author

Peter Brooks

Pages

363

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

5

Language

English

Publisher

Vintage Books

ISBN

0394729099

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