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Reading for the Plot: Design and Intention in Narrative

by Peter Brooks · 1984

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A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life.

Subject
literary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
writerswritersMore like thisLess of thiscraftscraftsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 392 pages

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