Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22770 in Books
• Published on: 1984-06-21
• Original language: Russian
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 333 pages

Customer Reviews

A master novelist's work explored by master critic
This book is the ideal introduction to the thought of Mikhail Bakhtin. Bakhtin is becoming established as one of the giants of 20th century literary criticsm, despite his work being unknown in the West until the 1970's. This book is less about Dostoyevsky per se, rather a profound meditation on how Dostoyevsky's art exemplifies the central concern of Bakhtin, the concept of 'dialogism'. This idea defies a simple definition; the book in exploring manifold aspects of it, itself becomes truly dialogic. If you value Dostoyevsky as an artist, require an antidote to the chill winds of modern 'Theory', or simply appreciate genius at work, catch up with one of the best kept secrets in literature.

A must-have
This book offers the reader a scintillating journey through the profound psychological complexity of Dostoevsky's novels. In doing so, our understanding of the power and ambiguities of consciousness is brought to the fore and the reader feels impelled to read Dostoevsky. The translation by Emerson is absolutely excellent.