The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism (Princeton Essays in Literature Book 2)

Fredric Jameson's survey of Structuralism and Russian Formalism is, at the same time, a critique of their basic methodology. He lays bare the presuppositions of the two movements, clarifying the relationship between the synchronic methods of Saussurean linguistics and the realities of time and history. An analysis of Keats' poetry that traces his intellectual development against a backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century thought. Preface V I - The Linguistic Model 3 II - The Formalist Projection 43 III - The Structuralist Projection 101 Bibliography 217 Index 225 By Fredric Jameson. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 217-224.