Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics (Volume 8 of Theory and History of Literature Series)

Bakhtin, Michael; edited and translated by Caryl Emerson; Introduction by Waynce C. Booth

ISBN 10: 0816612285 / ISBN 13: 9780816612284

Published by University of Minnesota Press, 1994

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Title: Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics (Volume 8 ...

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine-

Edition: Later Printing.

Book Type: Book

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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