The Pursuit of Signs--Semiotics, Literature, Deconstruction [Paperback]

Jonathan Culler (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0801492246 | ISBN-13: 978-0801492242 | Publication Date: August 1983

To gain a deeper understanding of the literary movement that has dominated recent Anglo-American literary criticism, The Pursuit of Signs is a must. In a world increasingly mediated, it offers insights into our ways of consuming texts that are both brilliant and bold. Dancing through semiotics, reader-response criticism, the value of the apostrophe and much more, Jonathan Culler opens up for every reader the closed world of literary criticism. Its impact on first publication, in 1981, was immense; now, as Mieke Bal notes, 'the book has the same urgency and acuity that it had then', though today it has even wider implications: 'with the interdisciplinary turn taking hold, literary theory itself, through this book, becomes a much more widespread tool for cultural analysis'.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'Twenty years ago, if you wanted to know where literary theory was at, I'd say semiotics, and Culler's Pursuit of Signs was the best way to see the links. Today? Same answer. Overview, criticism, problems and solutions: Culler offers them all in each chapter, on key topics and questions of the humanities. The book has the same urgency and acuity that it had then. Except that, with the interdisciplinary turn taking hold, literary theory itself, through this book, becomes a much more widespread tool for cultural analysis.' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Jonathan Culler (1944- ), Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cornell University, pioneered the application of semiotics to the study of literature in the English-speaking world. Other publications include Structuralist Poetics and On Deconstruction. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Cornell University Press (August 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801492246
• ISBN-13: 978-0801492242
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,401,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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