Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics [Theory and History of Literature, Volume 8]

Bakhtin, Mikhail; Caryl Emerson, ed and trans

ISBN 10: 0816612285 / ISBN 13: 9780816612284

Published by University of Minnesota Press, 1984

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Paperback. Slight wear on upper and lower edges of text. Cover slightly faded along upper edge and along spine. Otherwise VG 333 pp. Seller Inventory # 750707

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Title: Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics [Theory and...

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Publication Date: 1984

Binding: Soft cover

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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