Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics: Volume 8 (Theory and History of Literature) - Softcover

Bakhtin, Mikhail

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816612285 ISBN 13: 9780816612284

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1984

Synopsis

This book is not only a major twentieth-century contribution to Dostoevsky’s studies, but also one of the most important theories of the novel produced in our century. As a modern reinterpretation of poetics, it bears comparison with Aristotle.“Bakhtin’s statement on the dialogical nature of artistic creation, and his differentiation of this from a history of monological commentary, is profoundly original and illuminating. This is a classic work on Dostoevsky and a statement of importance to critical theory.” Edward Wasiolek“Concentrating on the particular features of ‘Dostoevskian discourse,’ how Dostoevsky structures a hero and a plot, and what it means to write dialogically, Bakhtin concludes with a major theoretical statement on dialogue as a category of language. One of the most important theories of the novel in this century.” The Bloomsbury Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816612285
• ISBN 13: 9780816612284
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384