{"product_id":"the-subject-and-the-text-essays-on-literary-theory-and-philosophy-hardback-9780521561211","title":"The Subject and the Text; Essays on Literary Theory and Philosophy (Hardback) 9780521561211","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Subject and the Text\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on Literary Theory and Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book, first published in 1998, challenges many of the assumptions of contemporary literary theory, with an introduction by Andrew Bowie.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eManfred Frank (Author), Andrew Bowie (Edited by), Helen Atkins (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521561211, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 January 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.3 x 2 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe work of the German philosopher Manfred Frank has profoundly affected the direction of the contemporary debate in many areas of philosophy and literary theory. This present collection, first published in 1998, brings together some of his most important essays, on subjects as diverse as Schleiermacher's hermeneutics, the status of the literary text, and the response to the work of Derrida and Lacan. Frank shows how the discussions of subjectivity in recent literary theory fail to take account of important developments in German Idealist and Romantic philosophy. The prominence accorded language in literary theory and analytic philosophy, he claims, ignores key arguments inherited from Romantic hermeneutics, those which demonstrate that interpretation is an individual activity never finally governed by rules. Andrew Bowie's introduction situates Frank's work in the context of contemporary debates in philosophy and literary theory.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The text and its style: Schleiermacher's theory of language\u003cbr\u003e 2. What is a literary text and what does it mean to understand it?\u003cbr\u003e 3. The 'true subject' and its double: Jacques Lacan's hermeneutics\u003cbr\u003e 4. The entropy of language: reflections on the Searle-Derrida debate\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46065987256600,"sku":"9780521561211","price":88.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521561211i.jpg?v=1691408592","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-subject-and-the-text-essays-on-literary-theory-and-philosophy-hardback-9780521561211","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}