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The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism

The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism

Jameson, Fredric
Smith, Caleb
North, Paul

Paperback

Series: Princeton Essays in Literature

Literary Criticism

Publisher Price: $22.95

ISBN10: 0691278199
ISBN13: 9780691278193
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Sep 1 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

A groundbreaking critical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism by the acclaimed literary theorist

In The Prison-House of Language, Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provides a thorough historical and philosophical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism. Combining a survey of these influential critical movements and a critique of their methodology, Jameson lays bare their presuppositions, questioning whether the methods of Saussurean linguistics can adequately capture the concrete realities of time and history. The result is a unique and thought-provoking confrontation of two major strands of modern thought and a central work in the development of Jameson's monumental critical project.

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