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The Textual Condition (Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History)
Jerome J. Mcgann
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Paperback. Includes essays that extend the author's investigations of the instability of the physical text. This title shows how various texts enters the world under socio-historical conditions that set the stage for a ceaseless process of textual development and mutation. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Over the past decade literary critic and editor Jerome McGann has developed a theory of textuality based in writing and production rather than in reading and interpretation. These new essays extend his investigations of the instability of the physical text. McGann shows how every text enters the world under socio-historical conditions that set the stage for a ceaseless process of textual development and mutation. Arguing that textuality is a matter of inscription and articulation, he explores texts as material and social phenomena, as particular kinds of acts. McGann links his study to contextual and institutional studies of literary works as ... Read more
Over the past decade literary critic and editor Jerome McGann has developed a theory of textuality based in writing and production rather than in reading and interpretation. These new essays extend his investigations of the instability of the physical text. McGann shows how every text enters the world under socio-historical conditions that set the stage for a ceaseless process of textual development and mutation. Arguing that textuality is a matter of inscription and articulation, he explores texts as material and social phenomena, as particular kinds of acts. McGann links his study to contextual and institutional studies of literary works as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691015187
SKU
V9780691015187
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