For many decades Peter Brooks's critical writing has been a force of illumination and inspiration for readers of many kinds, with memorable books that continue to generate new thinking. Reading for the Plot was perhaps the best known of these until Brooks published Seduced by Story (2022), a provocative calling out of the now ubiquitous cultural stress on 'stories' of all and any kind.
The mini-essays in this volume build on the diverse strands of Brooks's work in their own ways, to demonstrate -and celebrate-its significance for critical thinking across a range of different disciplinary fields and institutional settings: in literary history and narrative theory; in psychoanalytic and legal studies; through interdisciplinary initiatives at Yale. There are also two longer essays by Peter Brooks himself, including one on his experience of prison teaching.
| ISBN: | 9781399538381 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 2026 |
| Author: | Rachel Bowlby |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Literary essays |
For many decades Peter Brooks's critical writing has been a force of illumination and inspiration for readers of many kinds, with memorable books that continue to generate new thinking. Reading for the Plot was perhaps the best known of these until Brooks published Seduced by Story (2022), a provocative calling out of the now ubiquitous cultural stress on 'stories' of all and any kind.
The mini-essays in this volume build on the diverse strands of Brooks's work in their own ways, to demonstrate -and celebrate-its significance for critical thinking across a range of different disciplinary fields and institutional settings: in literary history and narrative theory; in psychoanalytic and legal studies; through interdisciplinary initiatives at Yale. There are also two longer essays by Peter Brooks himself, including one on his experience of prison teaching.
Reading With Peter Brooks features in the following genres: Literary theory, Literary essays
Reading With Peter Brooks is available in Paperback, Hardback
Reading With Peter Brooks was written by Rachel Bowlby and published by Edinburgh University Press
Reading With Peter Brooks has 200 pages
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