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"One of the more important and original collections of theoretical essays in the field. . . . The issues it addresses are no less pertinent now than they were in 1987; they seem, indeed, to be of perennial importance."--Anton Kaes, University of California, Berkeley
List of contents
INTRODUCTION: THE LITERARY, THE TEXTUAL, THE SOCIAL
—Murray Krieger
1. JUDICIOUSNESS IN DISPUTE, OR KANT AFTER MARX
—Jean-Franc;ois Lyotard
2. NARRATIVE, HETEROGENEITY, AND THE QUESTION OF THE POLITICAL: BAKHTIN AND LYOTARD
—David Carroll
3. FOUCAULT, POST-STRUCTURALISM, AND THE MODE OF INFORMATION
—Mark Poster
4. SURPLUS ECONOMIES: DECONSTRUCTION IDEOLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES
—John Carlos Rowe
5. ACTION, SUBJECTIVITY, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MEANING
—Anthony Giddens
6. HISTORY, APPROPRIATION, AND THE USESOF REPRESENTATION IN MODERN NARRATIVE
—Robert Weimann
7. REPRESENTATION: A PERFORMATIVE ACT
—Wolfgang Iser
8. CRITICISM TODAY
—Dominick LaCapra
9. CAPITALIST CULTURE AND THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
—Stephen Greenblatt
Summary
First published in 1987, this rich variety of essays confronts the changes in theories of the text and textuality that have seen a shift in focus from the author as a controlling agent to the scene of writing itself and the historical forces that produce that scene.
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“One of the more important and original collections of theoretical essays in the field. . . . The issues it addresses are no less pertinent now than they were in 1987; they seem, indeed, to be of perennial importance.”—Anton Kaes, University of California, Berkeley
