The Spell of Language
Subtitle: Poststructuralism and Speculation
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: April 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780226650661
Subjects: Linguistics; Movements - Structuralism; Philosophy; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; France; Structural linguistics; Language
First sentence: My generation witnessed the rise and, one might safely add, the fall of one of the most influential yet perplexing intellectual trends in this century - French structuralism and poststructuralism.