"One of the more important and original collections of theoretical essays in the field. . . . The issues it addresses are no less pertinent now than they were in 1987; they seem, indeed, to be of perennial importance."—Anton Kaes, University of California, Berkeley

• INTRODUCTION: THE LITERARY, THE TEXTUAL, THE SOCIAL-Murray Krieger1. JUDICIOUSNESS IN DISPUTE, OR KANT AFTER MARX -Jean-Franc;ois Lyotard2. NARRATIVE, HETEROGENEITY, AND THE QUESTION OF THE POLITICAL: BAKHTIN AND LYOTARD -David Carroll3. FOUCAULT, POST-STRUCTURALISM, AND THE MODE OF INFORMATION -Mark Poster4. SURPLUS ECONOMIES: DECONSTRUCTION IDEOLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES -John Carlos Rowe5. ACTION, SUBJECTIVITY, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MEANING -Anthony Giddens6. HISTORY, APPROPRIATION, AND THE USESOF REPRESENTATION IN MODERN NARRATIVE -Robert Weimann7. REPRESENTATION: A PERFORMATIVE ACT -Wolfgang Iser8. CRITICISM TODAY -Dominick LaCapra9. CAPITALIST CULTURE AND THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM -Stephen Greenblatt

"One of the more important and original collections of theoretical essays in the field. . . . The issues it addresses are no less pertinent now than they were in 1987; they seem, indeed, to be of perennial importance."—Anton Kaes, University of California, Berkeley

• INTRODUCTION: THE LITERARY, THE TEXTUAL, THE SOCIAL-Murray Krieger1. JUDICIOUSNESS IN DISPUTE, OR KANT AFTER MARX -Jean-Franc;ois Lyotard2. NARRATIVE, HETEROGENEITY, AND THE QUESTION OF THE POLITICAL: BAKHTIN AND LYOTARD -David Carroll3. FOUCAULT, POST-STRUCTURALISM, AND THE MODE OF INFORMATION -Mark Poster4. SURPLUS ECONOMIES: DECONSTRUCTION IDEOLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES -John Carlos Rowe5. ACTION, SUBJECTIVITY, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MEANING -Anthony Giddens6. HISTORY, APPROPRIATION, AND THE USESOF REPRESENTATION IN MODERN NARRATIVE -Robert Weimann7. REPRESENTATION: A PERFORMATIVE ACT -Wolfgang Iser8. CRITICISM TODAY -Dominick LaCapra9. CAPITALIST CULTURE AND THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM -Stephen Greenblatt

"One of the more important and original collections of theoretical essays in the field. . . . The issues it addresses are no less pertinent now than they were in 1987; they seem, indeed, to be of perennial importance."—Anton Kaes, University of California, Berkeley

• INTRODUCTION: THE LITERARY, THE TEXTUAL, THE SOCIAL-Murray Krieger1. JUDICIOUSNESS IN DISPUTE, OR KANT AFTER MARX -Jean-Franc;ois Lyotard2. NARRATIVE, HETEROGENEITY, AND THE QUESTION OF THE POLITICAL: BAKHTIN AND LYOTARD -David Carroll3. FOUCAULT, POST-STRUCTURALISM, AND THE MODE OF INFORMATION -Mark Poster4. SURPLUS ECONOMIES: DECONSTRUCTION IDEOLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES -John Carlos Rowe5. ACTION, SUBJECTIVITY, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MEANING -Anthony Giddens6. HISTORY, APPROPRIATION, AND THE USESOF REPRESENTATION IN MODERN NARRATIVE -Robert Weimann7. REPRESENTATION: A PERFORMATIVE ACT -Wolfgang Iser8. CRITICISM TODAY -Dominick LaCapra9. CAPITALIST CULTURE AND THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM -Stephen Greenblatt