Author

Publication

1984 - A.A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

90,750 words, Guess

Page Count

363 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100394505972
  • ISBN-139780394505978
  • LibraryThing236194
  • Goodreads4379296
  • Library of Congress Control Number83048929
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC808.3
  • LCCPN3378 .B76 1984

Description

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Reading for the plot: design and intention in narrativeA.A. Knopf1984-01-01

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