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The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism

Name: The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism
ISBN: 9780691214313

By
- Fredric Jameson
Publisher
- Princeton University Press

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Series: 2 of 2
Language: English
Format
Category: Non-Fiction

Fredric Jameson's survey of Structuralism and Russian Formalism is, at the same time, a critique of their basic methodology. He lays bare the presuppositions of the two movements, clarifying the relationship between the synchronic methods of Saussurean linguistics and the realities of time and history.

Release date

Ebook: 16 June 2020