Readings in Russian Poetics

Formalist and Structuralist Views

Krystyna Pomorska editor Professor Ladislav Matejka editor Professor Gerald L Bruns editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press

Published:20th Jun '02

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Investigating the conceptualisation of structure and form within literature, the Russian Formalists affected both the creation of art during the 1920s and 1930s and the development of literary theory as a scientific discipline. Crucial to the understanding of this theoretical movement, this collection of essays by and about the Russian Formalists features work by: - Boris M. Eichenbaum ("The Theory of the Formal Method") - Viktor Shklvosky ("The Mystery Novel: Dickens's Little Dorrit") - Roman Jakobson ("On Realism in Art") - Mikhail Bakhtin ("Discourse Typology in Prose") - Osip M. Brik ("Contributions to the Study of Verse Language") A new introduction by Gerald L. Bruns provides a context for understanding why these works remain as important and influential now as when they were first written.

"A valuable contribution to the understanding of an exceptionally influential critical movement."--Prairie Schooner

ISBN: 9781564783240

Dimensions: 215mm x 141mm x 22mm

Weight: 403g

306 pages