The Cambridge Introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:4th Nov '21
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A concise, readable and up-to-date introduction to Bakhtin, which provides students with an accessible but sophisticated guide to his work.
This introduction presents those interested in Mikhail Bakhtin with a compact, readable, and sophisticated exposition of his work, using the most up-to-date sources and relying on the new, scholarly editions of Bakhtin's texts. It is a key resource for students and teachers of literary theory and any courses on Bakhtin.In this introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin, Ken Hirschkop presents a compact, readable, detailed, and sophisticated exposition of all of Bakhtin's important works. Using the most up-to-date sources and the new, scholarly editions of Bakhtin's texts, Hirschkop explains Bakhtin's influential ideas, demonstrates their relevance and usefulness for literary and cultural analysis, and sets them in their historical context. In clear and concise language, Hirschkop shows how Bakhtin's ideas have changed the way we understand language and literary texts. Authoritative and accessible, this Cambridge Introduction is the most comprehensive and reliable account of Bakhtin and his work yet available.
'Hirschkop's volume follows the spirit of its subject: providing its readers with an overview of Bakhtin's life, context, and thought, it feeds our desire to turn to Bakhtin himself and propels it into the future.' Alexander Spektor, Slavic Review
ISBN: 9781107109049
Dimensions: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
Weight: 440g
210 pages