Reading for the Plot

Design and Intention in Narrative

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-03-01
Mått:140 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:392
Förlag:Harvard University Press
ISBN:9780674748927

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Peter Brooks is Tripp Professor of Humanities at Yale University.

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Peter Brooks has delivered a major contribution to narrative theory and critical practice in a book remarkable for its lucidity and theoretical adventurousness.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface 1. Reading for the Plot 2. Narrative Desire 3. The Novel and the Guillotine, or Fathers and Sons in Le Rouge et le noir 4. Freud's Masterplot: A Model for Narrative 5. Repetition, Repression, and Return: The Plotting of Great Expectations 6. The Mark of the Beast: Prostitution, Serialization, and Narrative 7. Retrospective Lust, or Flaubert's Perversities 8. Narrative Transaction and Transference 9. An Unreadable Report: Conrad's Heart of Darkness 10. Fictions of the Wolf Man: Freud and Narrative Understanding 11. Incredulous Narration: Absalom, Absalom! In Conclusion: Endgames and the Study of Plot Notes