The birth and death of literary theory : regimes of relevance in Russia and beyond / Galin Tihanov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tihanov, Galin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--Russia (Federation)--History--20th century.

Criticism.

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature.

Formalism (Literary analysis)--Influence.

Formalism (Literary analysis).

Literature--Theory, etc.

History.

Russia (Federation).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]

Contents:

Prologue : what this book is and is not about

Introduction : the radical historicity of literary theory

Russian Formalism : entanglements at birth and later reverberations

A skeptic at the cradle of theory : Gustav Shpet's reflections on literature

Toward a philosophy of culture : Bakhtin beyond literary theory

The boundaries of modernity : semantic paleontology and its subterranean impact

Interwar exiles : regimes of relevance in émigré criticism and theory

Epilogue : a fast forward to "world literature."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tihanov, Galin. Birth and death of literary theory.

ISBN:

9780804785228

0804785228

OCLC:

1048942715