{"product_id":"seduced-by-story-the-use-and-abuse-of-narrative-paperback","title":"Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this spiritual sequel to his influential \u003ci\u003eReading for the Plot\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Brooks examines the dangerously alluring power of storytelling.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There's nothing in the world more powerful than a good story. Nothing can stop it. Nothing can defeat it.\" So begins the scholar and literary critic Peter Brooks's reckoning with today's flourishing cult of story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForty years after publishing his seminal work \u003ci\u003eReading for the Plot\u003c\/i\u003e, his important contribution to what came to be known as the \"narrative turn\" in contemporary criticism and philosophy, Brooks returns to question the unquestioning fashion in which story is now embraced as an excuse or explanation and the fact that every brand or politician comes equipped with one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a discussion that ranges from \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e to legal argument, Brooks reminds us that among the powers of narrative is the power to deceive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books, including the nonfiction volumes \u003ci\u003eThe Melodramatic Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReading for the Plot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePsychoanalysis and Storytelling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTroubling Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRealist Vision\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHenry James Goes to Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlaubert in the Ruins of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two novels, \u003ci\u003eWorld Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Body\u003c\/i\u003e. He published \u003ci\u003eBalzac's Lives\u003c\/i\u003e with New York Review Books in 2020, and has edited two NYRB Classics, Balzac's\u003ci\u003e The Human Comedy: Selected Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand Vivant Denon's \u003ci\u003eNo Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e. He is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Yale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.43 x 5.67 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766876012832,"sku":"9781681376639","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b814fe401698d7298d1a9c01e8acede8.webp?v=1780300405","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/seduced-by-story-the-use-and-abuse-of-narrative-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}