Description: In the first comprehensive biography of Ferdinand de Saussure, John E. Joseph restores the full character and history of a man who is considered the founder of modern linguistics and whose ideas have influenced literary theory, philosophy, cultural studies, and virtually every other branch of humanities and the social sciences.
Review Quotes: "There is, quite simply, no other work today in English that has the breadth and range of this one in laying out the personal details of Saussure's life, while at the same time covering the depth of his intellectual and academic output.... This is a substantive and erudite overview, analysis, and assessment of the life and work of this seminal linguist. Highly recommended."--CHOICE