| Bakhtin and Cultural Theory: Second Edition Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hirschkop, Ken (Editor), Shepherd, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719049903 ISBN-13: 9780719049903 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2001 Annotation: This wide-ranging treatment of Bakhtin's cultural and literary theory tests, compares, and explores his work in relation to colonialism, feminism, reception theory, and theories of the body. Many of the essays in the first edition have become standard reference points in cultural debate. This revised second edition takes advantage of the wealth of new Bakhtin material which became available after "perestroika". New articles make use of previously unacknowledged sources of Bakhtin's theory of dialogue; they also vividly recount the dramatic events surrounding his thesis on Rabelais, and interrogate his famous distinction between poetry and the novel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 801.950 |
| LCCN: 2001030117 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.84" W x 8.5" (0.78 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An important collection of essays which treats Bakhtin as a provocative theorist whose work must be tested, explored and compared with the work of others. Contributors assess Bakhtin's contribution to difficult issues of colonialism, feminism, reception theory and theories of the body, amongst others. New articles explore the origins, previously unacknowledged, of Bakhtin's theory of language and provide a vivid account of the dramatic scandal surrounding Bakhtin's thesis on Rabelais. Contains dramatic new material, drawn from post-perestroika sources, which demythologizes the image of this important writer. A new bibliographical essay and introduction bring the English-language reader up-to-date with the progress of Bakhtin studies in Russia. |