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The Pursuit of Signs

The Pursuit of Signs Semiotics, Literature, Deconstruction

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Publisher's Synopsis

The primary task of literary theory, Jonathan Culler asserts in the new edition of his classic in this field, is not to illuminate individual literary works but to explain the system of literary signification-the rules and conventions that determine a reader's understanding of a text and that make literary communication possible. In this wide-ranging book, he investigates the possibilities of a semiotics of literature. A new preface places The Pursuit of Signs in the context of major developments in the study of literature since publication of the original Cornell edition in 1981.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780801487934
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Augmented Edition
DEWEY: 801.95
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 242
Weight: 374g
Height: 207mm
Width: 141mm
Spine width: 17mm