Handbook of Semiotics

by Winfried Nöth

Book Overview

When the German-language edition of this book was published in 1984, Thomas Sebeok, reviewing it in the Times Literary Supplement, called it "a bravura solo performance by a young German academic who has reduced into the compass of a one-volume manual a vast mass of information about contemporary semiotics. He is obviously abreast of most developments and well organized, has no evident partisan axes to grind, and writes with economy, percision, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253209595
• ISBN13: 9780253209597
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 10.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent

I had the honor to study under Winfried Nöth in Kassel/Germany and his handbook of semiotics was really helpful for my final oral exam in April 2008. This handbook is an excellent source for research on semiotics. It is comprehensible and covers practically all fields of semiotics, even topics like the semiotics of comics and films are analysed.

Great Book

Great Book if you intend to study the basics of semiotics, it also gives you a lot of bibliography to research if you need more, something I really believe will not be the case.