Body work : objects of desire in modern narrative /

The desire to know the body is a powerful dynamic of storytelling in all its forms. Peter Brooks argues that modern narrative is intent on uncovering the body in order to expose a truth that must be written in the flesh. In a book that ranges widely through literature and painting, Brooks shows how...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Brooks, Peter, 1938-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993.
Subjects:	Human body in literature. Sex in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) Literature, Modern > History and criticism. Human figure in art. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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