Dialogism
Subtitle: Bakhtin and his world
By: Michael Holquist.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: New accents; New accents (Routledge (Firm))
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Bakhtin, M. M. 1895-1975; Critics -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Fiction; Dialogism (Literary analysis); Literature -- Philosophy
Genres: Biography.
Description: Holquist's masterly study draws on all of Bakhtin's known writings providing a comprehensive account of his achievement. Widely acknowledged as an exceptional guide to Bakhtin and dialogics, this book now includes a new introduction, concluding chapter and a fully updated bibliography. He argues that Bakhtin's work gains coherence through his commitment to the concept of dialogue, examining Bakhtin's dialogues with theorists such as Saussure, Freud, Marx and Lukacs, as well as other thinkers whose connection with Bakhtin has previously been ignored. Dialogism also includes dialogic readings of major literary texts, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Gogol's The Notes of a Madman and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, which provide another dimension of dialogue with dialogue. Holquist's masterly study draws on all of Bakhtin's known writings providing a comprehensive account of his achievement. Widely acknowledged as an exceptional guide to Bakhtin and dialogics, this book now includes a new introduction, concluding chapter and a fully updated bibliography. He argues that Bakhtin's work gains coherence through his commitment to the concept of dialogue, examining Bakhtin's dialogues with theorists such as Saussure, Freud, Marx and Lukacs, as well as other thinkers whose connection with Bakhtin has previously been ignored.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-218) and index.