The Shape of the Signifier : 1967 to the End of History /

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The Shape of the Signifier is a critique of recent theory--primarily literary but also cultural and political. Bringing together previously unconnected strands of Michaels's thought--from ""Against Theory"" to Our America--it anatomizes what's fundamentally at stake whe...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Michaels, Walter Benn (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University, [2004]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Historisme.
Amerikaans.
Letterkunde.
Literatuurtheorie.
Literatur
Geschichtstheorie
Literaturtheorie
Signification (Logic) in literature.
Literary form.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Litterature.
Genres litteraires.
Signifiance dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > Histoire et critique > Theorie, etc.
Literature
American literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Résumé:The Shape of the Signifier is a critique of recent theory--primarily literary but also cultural and political. Bringing together previously unconnected strands of Michaels's thought--from ""Against Theory"" to Our America--it anatomizes what's fundamentally at stake when we think of literature in terms of the experience of the reader rather than the intention of the author, and when we substitute the question of who people are for the question of what they believe. With signature virtuosity, Michaels shows how the replacement of ideological difference (we believe diff
Description matérielle:1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400849598

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