{"product_id":"the-dialogic-imagination-9780292715349","title":"The Dialogic Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975)--known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky--as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis magnificently edited and translated volume can be the beginning of a dialogue that will go beyond the monographic works of Bakhtin available in English up to now. -- Edward Wasiolek * Comparative Literature *\u003cbr\u003eWe are only now realizing, 20 years after the first English language translation of his work, that Bakhtin is one of the giants of 20th century social and cultural theory. * Voice Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eReturning us to an art of possibilities, not of answers, Bakhtin's dialogic imagination resembles a dialectical wrestling match with no referee and no winner. In the empyrean of literary theory, it's exactly what we need, now and then. * Genre *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on Translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpic and Novel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the Prehistory of Novelistic Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForms of Time and of the Chronotope in the Novel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscourse in the Novel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49396184187223,"sku":"9780292715349","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292715349.jpg?v=1730415024","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dialogic-imagination-9780292715349","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}