John Sturrock's classic explication of Structuralism represents the most succinct and balanced survey available of a major critical movement associated with the thought of such key figures as Lévi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, Lacan and Althusser theory.

• A classic work in literary and cultural theory.
• Reissued to coincide with calls for a return to structuralism.
• Includes a new introduction by Jean-Michel Rabaté, which explores developments in the reception of structuralist theory in the past five to ten years.

John Sturrock is a literary journalist, sometime deputy editor of the Times Literary Supplement, and consulting editor on the London Review of Books. He has written widely on French literature, and is an accomplished translator.