The Pursuit of Signs [符号的追寻]

TogainadeeperunderstandingoftheliterarymovementthathasdominatedrecentAnglo-Americanliterarycriticism,ThePursuitofSignsisamust.Inaworldincreasinglymediated,itoffersinsightsintoourwaysofconsumingtextsthatarebothbrilliantandbold.Dancingthroughsemiotics,reader-responsecriticism,thevalueoftheapostropheandmuchmore,JonathanCulleropensupforeveryreadertheclosedworldofliterarycriticism.Itsimpactonfirstpublication,in1981,wasimmense;now,asMiekeBalnotes,'thebookhasthesameurgencyandacuitythatithadthen',thoughtodayithasevenwiderimplications:'withtheinterdisciplinaryturntakinghold,literarytheoryitself,throughthisbook,becomesamuchmorewidespreadtoolforculturalanalysis'.