The literary in theory
By: Jonathan Culler.
Series: Cultural memory in the present
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780804753739; 9780804753746
Subjects: Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Theory: The literary in theory; title: The novel and the nation; title: Resisting theory; title: Concepts: Text: its vicissitudes; title: The sign: Saussure and Derrida on arbitrariness; title: The performative; title: Interpretation: defending "overinterpretation"; title: Omniscience; title: Critical practices: bad writing and good philosophy; title: Writing criticism; title: Doing cultural studies; title: Comparative literature, at last.