Copyright (c) 1987,1988 R. R. BOWKER, All rights reserved. CHOICE 09/88 26-0106 PN54 86-19465 Language in literature : unpublished or unfamiliar writings of Eugene O'Neill , ed. by Krystyna Pomorska and Stephen Rudy (Cambridge Iberian and Latin American studies , 2 )Belknap, Harvard, 1988 548p index ISBN 0-674-51027-5 $25.00 Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) was one of the seminal minds of the 20th century, making major contributions to anthropology, linguistics, literary studies, and semiotics. The present collection gathers 29 of his essays on language in literature, some appearing in full English versions for the first time. Ranging in time from 1919 to 1979, they include enormously influential theoretical studies such as "Linguistics and Poetics," as well as lesser, occasional pieces. Arranged under the headings "Questions of Literary Theory," "Grammar in Poetry," "Writer, Biography, Myth," and "Semiotic Vistas," the essays present a much broader selection than the 1985 collection Verbal Art, Verbal Sign, Verbal Time (CH, Nov '85), although there is some overlap. Almost all of Jakobson's more significant work is available in his voluminous (and extremely expensive) Selected Writings (2nd, expanded ed., The Hague, 1971- ), where, however, materials usually appear in their original language of publication. Jakobson's compact prose is well translated, and his editors have provided brief introductions to each section. This volume is essential for all academic libraries. -D. B. Johnson, University of California, Santa Barbara CHOICE 11/85 JAKOBSON, Roman. Verbal art, verbal sign, verbal time, ed. by Krystyna Pomorska and Stephen Ruby. Minnesota, 1985. 208p ill index 84-7268. 29.50 ISBN 0-8166-1358-3; 12.95 pa ISBN 0-8166-1361-3. P 49. CIP Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) was one of the preeminent linguistic and literary theoreticians of the 20th century. The 11 essays on poetics contained in this collection have appeared previously in diverse languages and in sometimes obscure publications over a period of 50 years. Although most were collected for the special Jakobson issue of the Israeli journal Poetics Today, v. 2, no. 1a (1980), others are difficult of access and it is good to have them unified in convenient and durable form. The essays range from theoretical considerations of the relationship of time to language and literature to technical studies of ``the poetry of grammar and the grammar of poetry.'' The latter include studies of poems by authors as diverse as Pushkin and Yeats. The volume also includes three essays by other hands. Linda Waugh offers a synthesis of Jakobson's views on poetics, and Krystyna Pomorska extends some of Jakobson's ideas on poetry to the analysis of prose. Igor Mel'cvuk sums up Jakobson's contributions to morphological research, a topic that lies outside the scope of the collection. The volume is a good introduction to Jakobson poetics for advanced students (upper-division undergraduate and beyond).-D.B. Johnson, University of California, Santa Barbara CHOICE 09/88 26-0106 PN54 86-19465 Language in literature : unpublished or unfamiliar writings of Eugene O'Neill , ed. by Krystyna Pomorska and Stephen Rudy (Cambridge Iberian and Latin American studies , 2 )Belknap, Harvard, 1988 548p index ISBN 0-674-51027-5 $25.00 Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) was one of the seminal minds of the 20th century, making major contributions to anthropology, linguistics, literary studies, and semiotics. The present collection gathers 29 of his essays on language in literature, some appearing in full English versions for the first time. Ranging in time from 1919 to 1979, they include enormously influential theoretical studies such as "Linguistics and Poetics," as well as lesser, occasional pieces. Arranged under the headings "Questions of Literary Theory," "Grammar in Poetry," "Writer, Biography, Myth," and "Semiotic Vistas," the essays present a much broader selection than the 1985 collection Verbal Art, Verbal Sign, Verbal Time (CH, Nov '85), although there is some overlap. Almost all of Jakobson's more significant work is available in his voluminous (and extremely expensive) Selected Writings (2nd, expanded ed., The Hague, 1971- ), where, however, materials usually appear in their original language of publication. Jakobson's compact prose is well translated, and his editors have provided brief introductions to each section. This volume is essential for all academic libraries. -D. B. Johnson, University of California, Santa Barbara CHOICE 11/85 JAKOBSON, Roman. Verbal art, verbal sign, verbal time, ed. by Krystyna Pomorska and Stephen Ruby. Minnesota, 1985. 208p ill index 84-7268. 29.50 ISBN 0-8166-1358-3; 12.95 pa ISBN 0-8166-1361-3. P 49. CIP Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) was one of the preeminent linguistic and literary theoreticians of the 20th century. The 11 essays on poetics contained in this collection have appeared previously in diverse languages and in sometimes obscure publications over a period of 50 years. Although most were collected for the special Jakobson issue of the Israeli journal Poetics Today, v. 2, no. 1a (1980), others are difficult of access and it is good to have them unified in convenient and durable form. The essays range from theoretical considerations of the relationship of time to language and literature to technical studies of ``the poetry of grammar and the grammar of poetry.'' The latter include studies of poems by authors as diverse as Pushkin and Yeats. The volume also includes three essays by other hands. Linda Waugh offers a synthesis of Jakobson's views on poetics, and Krystyna Pomorska extends some of Jakobson's ideas on poetry to the analysis of prose. Igor Mel'cvuk sums up Jakobson's contributions to morphological research, a topic that lies outside the scope of the collection. The volume is a good introduction to Jakobson poetics for advanced students (upper-division undergraduate and beyond).-D.B. Johnson, University of California, Santa Barbara CHOICE 11/85 JAKOBSON, Roman. Verbal art, verbal sign, verbal time, ed. by Krystyna Pomorska and Stephen Ruby. Minnesota, 1985. 208p ill index 84-7268. 29.50 ISBN 0-8166-1358-3; 12.95 pa ISBN 0-8166-1361-3. P 49. CIP Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) was one of the preeminent linguistic and literary theoreticians of the 20th century. The 11 essays on poetics contained in this collection have appeared previously in diverse languages and in sometimes obscure publications over a period of 50 years. Although most were collected for the special Jakobson issue of the Israeli journal Poetics Today, v. 2, no. 1a (1980), others are difficult of access and it is good to have them unified in convenient and durable form. The essays range from theoretical considerations of the relationship of time to language and literature to technical studies of ``the poetry of grammar and the grammar of poetry.'' The latter include studies of poems by authors as diverse as Pushkin and Yeats. The volume also includes three essays by other hands. Linda Waugh offers a synthesis of Jakobson's views on poetics, and Krystyna Pomorska extends some of Jakobson's ideas on poetry to the analysis of prose. Igor Mel'cvuk sums up Jakobson's contributions to morphological research, a topic that lies outside the scope of the collection. The volume is a good introduction to Jakobson poetics for advanced students (upper-division undergraduate and beyond).-D.B. Johnson, University of California, Santa Barbara Copyright (c) 1987,1988 R. R. BOWKER, All rights reserved. Subject: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, LECTURES Subject: MATHEMATICAL LINGUISTICS Title: Structure of Language & Its Mathematical Aspects: Proceedings. Series title: Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, New York, 1960: Vol. 12 Author: Applied Mathematics Symposium Staff. Jakobson, R., editor. Pages: 279 Pub. date: 1980 Reprint: X1961 Publisher: American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI Binding: Paper. Price: $28.00 ISBN: 0-8218-1312-9 LC cat. no: 50-001183 Pub. Order no: PSAPM-12