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Reading for the Plot
By Peter Brooks
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Published on Aug 29, 2012 | 363 Pages
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.
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Peter Brooks
Peter Brooks has written extensively about the 19-century novel. His books include The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess; Reading for the Plot; Body Work; and The Emperor’s Body: A Novel. After many years on the faculty at Yale University, he currently teaches at Princeton University.
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