On Meaning-Making: Essays in Semiotics (Foundations & Facets)
Bal (theory of literature, U. of Amsterdam) addresses basic questions in semiotics, the theory of signs, in this companion piece to her earlier book, On Story Telling . She explores the continuity between semiotics and narratology, the semioticized subject and its link with visual art, semiotic issues for art historians, and the relations between literature and visual art and between discourse and image. Contains a few b&w illustrations. Lacks an index. Published by Polebridge Press, 19678 Eighth St. East, Sonoma, CA, 95476. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.