Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. A Note on Translation xiv
5. Abbreviations xv
6. 1. A Brief Introduction 1
7. 2. Language Diachrony and Literary Evolution 6
8. 3. An Attempt at a Historical Ordering of Poetic Structure 45
9. 4. The Semiotic Reformulation 82
10. 5. Readers' Reception History and the Individual Poetic Talent 141
11. 6. A Summary Conclusion 202
12. Appendix 1. A List of Lectures on Poetics, Aesthetics and Semiotics Given in the Prague Linguistic Circle, 1926-1948 207
13. Appendix 2. A List of Secondary and Related Sources 215
14. Index 243