Literature And Spirit : Essays on Bakhtin and His Contemporaries / David Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, David, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--History--20th century.

Criticism.

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

Bakhtin, M. M.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""If Bakhtin is right,"" Wayne C. Booth has said, ""a very great deal of what we western critics have spent our time on is mistaken, or trivial, or both."" In Literature and Spirit David Patterson proceeds from the premise that Bakhtin is right.Exploring Bakhtin's notions of spirit, responsibility, and dialogue, Patterson takes his reader from the narrow arena of literary criticism to the larger realm of human living and human loving. True to the spirit of Bakhtin, he draws the Russian into a vibrant dialogue with other thinkers, including Foucault, Berdyaev, Gide, Lacan, Levinas, and Heidegge

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; ONE. Bakhtin and Foucault: Laughter, Madness, Literature; TWO. Bakhtin, Berdyaev, and Gide: Dostoevsky's Poetics of Spirit; THREE. Bakhtin and Lacan: Author, Hero, and the Language of the Self; FOUR. Bakhtin and Levinas: Signification, Responsibility, Spirit; FIVE. Bakhtin and Heidegger: Word and Being; SIX. Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [159]-161.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6020-0

0-8131-3024-7

0-8131-6132-0

OCLC:

573378298