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The Prison-House of Language

A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism
By:Fredric Jameson
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Print ISBN:9780691062266
eText ISBN:9780691214313
Edition:0
Copyright:1972
Format:Reflowable

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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.