This volume develops its theory of prose out of the concept of the basal self-referentiality of the poetic text. Its object of study is a corpus of sophisticated prose texts that are both extensive and complex, and which pursue a wild, dense semiosis ( Bottom's Dream , Schattenfroh , Finnegan's Wake , etc.). The question of their aesthetic characteristics leads to reflections on the basic concepts of literary studies.

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Ralf Simon , Universität Basel, Schweiz.