The Metaphysics of Text

by Sukanta Chaudhuri

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107412560
• ISBN13: 9781107412569
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"