{"product_id":"the-literary-in-theory-9780804753739","title":"The Literary in Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHas \u003ci\u003etheory\u003c\/i\u003e neglected literature? Often literary and cultural theory, which goes by the nickname Theory, has seemed to be the theory of everything except literature: theory of language, of sexuality, of history, of the body, of the psyche, of meaning (or meaninglessness), of politics, but not theory of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this timely and wide-ranging book, Jonathan Culler, whose lucid analyses of structuralism, semiotics, and deconstruction have been prized by generations of readers, explores the place of the literary in theory. If theory has sometimes neglected literature, the literary has, Culler argues, retained a crucial if misunderstood role. Culler''s account of the fortunes of the literary in theory, of the resistance to theory, and of key theoretical conceptstext, sign, interpretation, performative, and omniscienceprovides valuable insight into today''s theoretical debates; and his analysis of various disciplinary practices explores the possibilities of theory for the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this wide-ranging study, Jonathan Culler gives us an engaging overview of the interdependency of 'literature' and 'theory' that configures the contemporary academic scene . . . I love this book, and highly recommend it to anyone interested in the literary and theoretical landscape of contemporary academia.\" -- John Dolis * \u003ci\u003eComparative Literature Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This difficult yet interesting book asserts that theory is not dead, that theory \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e literature and literature theory . . . The book is throughout provocative in these and other defences of theory, and of literature.\" -- \u003ci\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Literary in Theory\u003c\/i\u003e takes up questions that have been basic to the enterprise known as 'theory' with a fine mix of historical awareness, lively critical sense, and thoughtful advocacy. Culler's vision of literary studies is inclusive and cumulative: it reminds us that 'learning' is both a noun and a verb, both a result and a process. Is theory dead? This book shows that it has a pulse and a sense of humor.\" -- Haun Saussy * Yale University *\u003cbr\u003e\"[Jonathan Culler's] ultimate aim, as his title suggests, is to make his readers aware of the literary (i.e., the special self-reflexive, questioning, skeptical attitude and practice which seeks to understand the conditions of its own possibility) within theory or Theory, which is an interdisciplinary undertaking informed by this attitude or practice. I would recommend this book to teachers and to students of literature for its clarity, excellent analyses and exemplifications, as well as for its critical attitude, in the sense of critique, of central issues confronting the humanities today.\" * Walter De Gruyter *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e@fmct:Contents  @toc4:Acknowledgements\tiii  @toc2:Introduction\t000  @toc1:Theory  @toc2:1\tThe Literary in Theory\t00  2\tThe Novel and the Nation\t00  3\tResisting Theory\t00  @toc1:Concepts  @toc2:4\tText: Its Vicissitudes\t000  5\tThe Sign: Saussure and Derrida on Arbitrariness\t000  6\tThe Performative\t000  7\tInterpretation: In Praise of Overinterpretation\t000  8\tOmniscience\t000  @toc1:Critical Practices  @toc2:9\tBad Writing and Good Philosophy\t000  10\tWriting Criticism\t000  11\tDoing Cultural Studies\t000  12\tComparative Literature, at last\t000  @toc4:Index\t000\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405565305175,"sku":"9780804753739","price":81.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804753739.jpg?v=1730492852","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-literary-in-theory-9780804753739","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}