The Literary in Theory Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition

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Author: Jonathan Culler
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by Jonathan Culler

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From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-272) and index.

From the jacket flap

Has theory neglected literature? Often literary and cultural theory, which goes by the nickname "Theory," has seemed to be the theory of everything except literature: theory of language, of sexuality, of history, of the body, of the psyche, of meaning (or meaninglessness), of politics, but not theory of literature.
In this timely and wide-ranging book, Jonathan Culler, whose lucid analyses of structuralism, semiotics, and deconstruction have been prized by generations of readers, explores the place of the literary in theory. If theory has sometimes neglected literature, the literary has, Culler argues, retained a crucial if misunderstood role. Culler's account of the fortunes of the literary in theory, of the resistance to theory, and of key theoretical concepts--text, sign, interpretation, performative, and omniscience--provides valuable insight into today's theoretical debates; and his analysis of various disciplinary practices explores the possibilities of theory for the present and the future.

Details

Title The Literary in Theory
Author Jonathan Culler
Binding Hardcover
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 296
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Stanford University Press
Date 2006-09-26
Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780804753739 / 0804753733
Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
Dimensions 9.28 x 6.12 x 0.85 in (23.57 x 15.54 x 2.16 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Criticism, Literature - History and criticism - Theory,
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006017967
Dewey Decimal Code 801.95

About the author

Jonathan Culler is the Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cornell University and one of the most influential literary critics in North America. His works include Flaubert: The Uses of Uncertainty (1974), and Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (1997). He also co-edited Just Being Difficult? Academic Writing in the Public Arena (Stanford University Press, 2003).