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Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics

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ISBN-10: 0816612285

ISBN-13: 9780816612284

Edition: 1984

Authors: Mikhail Bakhtin, Caryl Emerson, Wayne Booth, Wayne Booth

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This book is not only a major twentieth-century contribution to Dostoevsky’s studies, but also one of the most important theories of the novel produced in our century. As a modern reinterpretation of poetics, it bears comparison with Aristotle.“Bakhtin’s statement on the dialogical nature of artistic creation, and his differentiation of this from a history of monological commentary, is profoundly original and illuminating. This is a classic work on Dostoevsky and a statement of importance to critical theory.” Edward Wasiolek“Concentrating on the particular features of ‘Dostoevskian discourse,’ how Dostoevsky structures a hero and a plot, and what it means to write dialogically, Bakhtin…    
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Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 6/21/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English