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Book SynopsisThe book provides a lucid and systematic theory of the work of literature and its major aspects.
Table of ContentsContents @toc3:Preface xx @toc2:1. Fictionality and Fields of Reference: A Theoretical Framework 1 2. Metaphor and Frames of Reference: With Examples from Eliot, Rilke, Mayakovsky, Mandelshtam, Pound, Creeley, Amichai, and The New York Times 000 3. An Outline of Integrational Semantics: An Understander's Theory of Meaning in Context 000 4. The Structure of Semiotic Objects: A Three-Dimensional Model 000 5. On Presentation and Representation in Fiction 000 6. The Meaning of Sound Patterns in Poetry: An Interaction Theory 000 7. "Literariness" Revisited: A Contemporary Manifesto 000 8. The Structure of Non-Narrative Fiction: The First Episode of War and Peace 000 @toc4:References to Chapters 18 000 @toc1:Frameworks 000 @toc2:9. The Elusive Science of Literature: Remarks on the Fields and Responsibilities of the Study of Literature [Tel-Aviv 1968] 000 10. A Unified Theory of the Literary Text [Berkeley 1972] 000 @toc4:Sources of the Chapters 000 Index 000