Pandora and Occam. On the Limits of Language and Literature.

Ruthrof, Horst:

ISBN 10: 0253349958 / ISBN 13: 9780253349958

Published by (Advances in Semiotics) Bloomington and Indianaolis: Indiana University Press, 1992

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Gr.-8°, xiii, 250 S., Orig.-Leinen, Orig.-Schutzumschlag. - Zustand: Eine Ecke des Vorderdeckels etwas gestaucht, sonst sehr gut, innen wie neu - Widmung des Verfassers auf Vorsatz (Lieber ***, ein Beitrag zur "Hilfsfunktion" der Literaturwissenschaft. // Dein Horst // x-mas 92").

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pandora and Occam. On the Limits of Language and Literature.
• Publisher: (Advances in Semiotics) Bloomington and Indianaolis: Indiana University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0253349958
• ISBN 13: 9780253349958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 700 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Evoking Pandora and Occam as metaphoric corner posts in an argument about language as discourse, Horst Ruthrof brings analytic philosophy to bear on issues of Continental philosophy, with attention to linguistic, semiological, and semiotic concerns. In Ruthrof’s analysis, Pandora and Occam illustrate the opposition between the suppressed rich materiality of culturally saturated discourse and the stark ideality of formal sign systems.

About the Author

HORST RUTHROF is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. He is author of The Reader’s Construction of Narrative.