Problems of Dostoevsky's poetics / Mikhail Bakhtin ; edited and translated by Caryl Emerson ; introduction by Wayne C. Booth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Emerson, Caryl.

Series:

Theory and history of literature ; v. 8.

Theory and history of literature ; v. 8

Standardized Title:

Problemy poetiki Dostoevskogo. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Criticism and interpretation.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.

Russian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xliii, 333 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the ideal introduction to the thought of Mikhail Bakhtin. Bakhtin is becoming established as one of the giants of 20th century literary criticsm, despite his work being unknown in the West until the 1970's. This book is less about Dostoyevsky per se, rather a profound meditation on how Dostoyevsky's art exemplifies the central concern of Bakhtin, the concept of 'dialogism'. This idea defies a simple definition; the book in exploring manifold aspects of it, itself becomes truly dialogic. If you value Dostoyevsky as an artist, require an antidote to the chill winds of modern 'Theory', or simply appreciate genius at work, catch up with one of the best kept secrets in literature.

Contents:

Introduction / Wayne C. Booth

Editor's preface / Caryl Emerson

1. Dostoevsky's polyphonic novel and its treatment in critical literature

2. The hero, and the position of the author with regard to the hero, in Dostoevsky's art

3. The idea in Dostoevsky

4. Characteristics of genre and plot composition

5. Discourse in Dostoevsky " Types of prose discourse. Discourse in Dostoevsky ; The hero's monologic discourse and narrational discourse in Dostoevsky's short novel ; The hero's discourse and narrative discourse in Dostoevsky ; Dialogue in Dostoevsky

Conclusion

Appendix I: Three fragments from the 1929 edition "Problems of Dostoevsky's art"

Appendix II: "Toward a reworking of the Dostoevsky book" (1961)

Glossary of proper names and works.

Notes:

Translation of: Problemy poetiki Dostoevskogo.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8193-7

OCLC:

171126454