Onomatopoetics - Theory of Language and Literature

Joseph Graham examines the nature of literary representation.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Philosophy in the Cratylus; 2. The foundations of linguistics; 3. The connection with semiotics; 4. The difference in aesthetics; 5. The scope of poetics; Coda: literature and the language of learning; Notes; Index.

Summary

The relationship of words to the things they represent and to the mind which forms them has long been the subject of linguistic enquiry. Joseph Graham's challenging book, first published in 1992, takes this debate into the field of literary theory, making a searching enquiry into the nature of literary representation.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph F. Graham
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.05.2012
• EAN: 9780521400787
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40078-7
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 598 g
• Series: Literature, Culture, Theory
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies