TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bakhtin,Mikhail
AU  - Emerson,Caryl
TI  - Problems of Dostoevsky's poetics
SN  - 0816612277
AV  - PG3328.Z6 B2413 1984
U1  - 891.73/3 19
PY  - 1984///, 2009
CY  - London
PB  - University of Minnesota Press
KW  - Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,
KW  - Russian literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Translations
N1  - Includes appendices and glossary; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -