Description
Book SynopsisThis book contains three of Bakhtin's early essays from the years following the Russian Revolution, when Bakhtin and other intellectuals eagerly participated in the debates of the period.
Trade ReviewBakhtin's early essays are essential for a full understanding of his philosophy and the premises of his literary criticism. We have waited a long time for this volume and it turns out to be worth the wait. The translations have been thoughtfully and carefully done and the translators are to be congratulated on providing fluent English translations of what are some of the most difficult, though also most rewarding of the Bakhtinian texts. * Slavonic And East European Review *
Table of Contents
- Introduction: The Architectonics of Answerability (Michael Holquist)
- Art and Answerability (1919). Translation and notes by Vadim Liapunov (including material from the editors of the Russian edition, S. S. Averintsev and S. G. Bocharov)
- Author and Hero in Aesthetic Activity (ca. 1920-1923). Translation and notes by Vadim Liapunov (including material from the editors of the Russian edition, S. S. Averintsev and S. G. Bocharov)
- Supplement: The Problem of Content, Material and Form in Verbal Art (1924). Translation by Kenneth Brostrom (notes by Michael Holquist, including material from the editor of the Russian edition, S. G. Bocharov)
- Index
