Art and answerability : early philosophical essays / M.M. Bakhtin ; edited by Michael Holquist and Vadim Liapunov ; translated and notes by Vadim Liapunov ; supplement translated by Kenneth Brostrom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1895-1975.

Contributor:

ProQuest (Firm)

Holquist, Michael, 1935-2016.

Liapunov, Vadim, 1935-

Series:

University of Texas Press Slavic series ; 9.

University of Texas Press Slavic series ; no. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Philosophy.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xlix, 332 pages.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) is one of the preeminent figures in twentieth-century philosophical thought. Art and Answerability contains three of his early essays from the years following the Russian Revolution, when Bakhtin and other intellectuals eagerly participated in the debates, lectures, demonstrations, and manifesto writing of the period. Because they predate works that have already been translated, these essays—"Art and Answerability," "Author and Hero in Aesthetic Activity," and "The Problem of Content, Material, and Form in Verbal Art"—are essential to a comprehensive understanding of Bakhtin's later works. A superb introduction by Michael Holquist sets out the major themes and concerns of the three essays and identifies their place in the canon of Bakhtin's work and in intellectual history. The introduction, together with Vadim Liapunov's scholarly gloss, makes these essays accessible to students as well as scholars.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

INTRODUCTION: THE ARCHITECTONICS OF ANSWERABILITY

ART AND ANSWERABILITY

AUTHOR AND HERO IN AESTHETIC ACTIVITY

SUPPLEMENT: THE PROBLEM OF CONTENT, MATERIAL, AND FORM IN VERBAL ART

Index

Notes:

Translated from the Russian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79213-1

OCLC:

695998448