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Peter Brooks
American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1938 · age 88
Peter Preston Brooks is an American literary scholar, interdisciplinary humanist, and writer known for his work on narrative theory, psychoanalysis and literature, melodrama, law and literature, and the institutional place of the humanities.
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Over a career spanning Yale University, the University of Virginia, and Princeton University, Brooks played an influential role in shaping comparative literature, narrative studies, and the institutional frameworks that support humanistic scholarship.
