Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of essays on the most important figures associated with the Bakhtin Circle. It offers new biographical material, valuable translations of important Russian texts, a timeline and extensive bibliographical references.
Table of ContentsRe-introducing the Bakhtin Circle – David Shepherd
Part One: About the Bakhtin Circle
1. The scholarly legacy of Pavel Medvedev in the light of his dialogue with Bakhtin – Iurii Medvedev and Dar'ia Medvedeva
2. Seeking a 'third way' for Soviet aesthetics: Eurasianism, Marxism, Formalism – Galin Tihanov
3. The Bakhtin Circle and problems in linguistics – Vladimir Alpatov
4. Voloshinov's dilemma: On the philosophical roots of the dialogic theory of the utterance – Craig Brandist
5. Lev Pumpianskii and the Nevel School of philosophy – Nikolai Nikolaev
6. Kanaev, vitalism and the Bakhtin Circle – Ben Taylor
7. Sollertinskii and dialogical symphonism – Pauline Fairclough
Part Two: Selected works by members of the Bakhtin Circle
8. Tolstoi's 'Diary' by P. N. Medvedev
9. Hermann Cohen (4 July 1842–4 April 1918) by M.I. Kagan
10. [On Marxism] by L.V. Pumpianskii
11. Archival materials (I. The problem of the transmission of alien discourse: An essay in sociolinguistic research; II. Report on work as a postgraduate student, 1927/28: Plan and some guiding thoughts for the work 'Marxism and the Philosophy of Language') by V. N. Voloshinov
Appendix – The Bakhtin Circle: A timeline
