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The political unconscious : narrative as a socially symbolic act /

In this ground-breaking and influential study Fredric Jameson explores the complex place and function of literature within culture. At the time Jameson was actually writing the book, in the mid to late seventies, there was a major reaction against deconstruction and poststructuralism. As one of the...

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Main Author: Jameson, Fredric
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2002.
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