The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism (Princeton Essays in Literature, #2)

by Fredric Jameson

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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.

  • ISBN10 069121431X
  • ISBN13 9780691214313
  • Publish Date 16 June 2020 (first published 21 August 1972)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Princeton University Press
  • Format eBook
  • Language English