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The literary in theory / Jonathan Culler.
LIBRA PN441 .C85 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Culler, Jonathan D.
- Series:
- Cultural memory in the present
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Literature.
- Criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 276 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- This work explores the role of the literary in theory, with wide-ranging analysis of key concepts and disciplinary practices.
- Contents:
- Theory
- 1 The Literary in Theory 23
- 2 The Novel and the Nation 43
- 3 Resisting Theory 73
- 4 Text: Its Vicissitudes 99
- 5 The Sign: Saussure and Derrida on Arbitrariness 117
- 6 The Performative 137
- 7 Interpretation: Defending "Overinterpretation" 166
- 8 Omniscience 183
- Critical Practices
- 9 Bad Writing and Good Philosophy 205
- 10 Writing Criticism 222
- 11 Doing Cultural Studies 240
- 12 Comparative Literature, at Last 254
- Abbreviations and Short Titles 269.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804753733
- 0804753741
- OCLC:
- 70045843
- Publisher Number:
- 9780804753739
- 9780804753746
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