An edition of Reading for the plot (1984)

Reading for the plot

design and intention in narrative

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Reading for the plot
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An edition of Reading for the plot (1984)

Reading for the plot

design and intention in narrative

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  • 13 Want to read

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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Publisher
Clarendon
Language
English
Pages
363

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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 Skills

Times

19th century, 20th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: Reading for the plot
Reading for the plot: design and intention in narrative
1992, Harvard University Press
in English
Cover of: Reading for the plot
Reading for the plot: design and intention in narrative
1985, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Cover of: Reading for the plot
Reading for the plot: design andintention in narrative
1985, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Cover of: Reading for the plot
Reading for the plot: design and intention in narrative
1984, A.A. Knopf
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Reading for the plot
Reading for the plot: design and intention in narrative
1984, Clarendon
in English

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Book Details

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Oxford

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809.3/923
Library of Congress
PN3383.N35

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii,363p. ;
Number of pages
363

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL19492304M
ISBN 10
0198158033
OCLC/WorldCat
11306496
LibraryThing
236194

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL52790W

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