The Metaphysics of Text - Brossura

Chaudhuri, Sukanta

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ISBN 10: 1107412560 ISBN 13: 9781107412569

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Riassunto

The advances of book history and editorial theory remind us that it is vital to look behind the text we read. In this book Sukanta Chaudhuri explores, at a very fundamental level, how texts are constituted and how they work. He applies insights from many lines of study not brought together so closely before: theories of language, signification and reception alongside bibliography, textual criticism, editorial theory and book history. Blending case studies with general observation and theory, he considers the implications of the physical form of the text; the relation between oral and written language, and between language and other media; the new territory opened up by electronic texts; and special categories like play-books and translations. Drawing on an exceptionally wide range of material, both Western literature and Indian works from Sanskrit aesthetics to the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore, Chaudhuri sets a new agenda for the study of texts.

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'Its comprehensiveness is its hallmark ... [Chaudhuri's] range is remarkable.' The Times Literary Supplement

Descrizione del libro:

In this book Sukanta Chaudhuri explores how texts are constituted and how they work, applying insights from theories of language, signification and reception alongside bibliography, textual criticism, editorial theory and book history. Drawing on both Western and Indian literature, Chaudhuri sets a new agenda for the study of texts.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107412560
• ISBN 13: 9781107412569
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 238