Intertextuality: Debates and Contexts

Prologue. Introduction. Chapter 1 - Intertextuality. Kristeva's Term in Context. Kristeva's Intertextuality and Semeiotike. Barthes. Riffaterre. Interdiscursivity. Interdisciplinarity. Internet and Hypertext. Chapter 2 - Influence. Influence v Intertextuality. Bloom's 'Anxiety of Influence' in Context. Harold Bloom. 'Traditional' Influence. Chapter 3 - Imitation. Imitation in Context: Mimesis or Anti-mimesis?. Richard Dawkins: Genetics and 'Memetics'. Gerard Genette: Rhetoric and the Mimologic. Rene Girard: Sandal and Excommunication. Countering the Canon: Imitatio v Plagiarism, Forgery, Counterfeit. Chapter 4 - Quotation. Quotation in context: Dictionary or Postmodern Definitions?. Quotation's Crystallizations: Illustrations in Few Other Words. AllusionQuotation's Aptness: Adeptness in Other Words. Abridgement as Allegory and Parable. Bridging as Cycle and Cyclification. Span and Interpretation. Quotation as Extraction: Re-circulations and Exchanges in so Many Other Words. Prophecy. Translation. Coda: the Return of Reference and the Work of Paul Ricoeur. Conclusions. Notes. Refernces and Bibliography. Index. Dictionary of Alternative Terms.