{"product_id":"jameson-fredric-the-prisonpb","title":"[09\/01\/26] Jameson, Fredric: The Prison-House of Language","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinceton University Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 1, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking critical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism by the acclaimed literary theorist\u003c\/p\u003e\nIn \u003ci\u003eThe Prison-House of Language\u003c\/i\u003e, Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provides a thorough historical and philosophical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism. Combining a survey of these influential critical movements and a critique of their methodology, Jameson lays bare their presuppositions, questioning whether the methods of Saussurean linguistics can adequately capture the concrete realities of time and history. The result is a unique and thought-provoking confrontation of two major strands of modern thought and a central work in the development of Jameson's monumental critical project.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361791270935,"sku":"9780691278193","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/61inkF_39XL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785621017","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/jameson-fredric-the-prisonpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}