Readings in Russian Poetics - (Russian Literature) by Ladislav Matejka & Krystyna Pomorska (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

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

About the Author

Ladislav Matejka is the editor of the all ten books in the annual Cross Currents series, a yearbook of Central European culture, as well as the collection of essays entitled Semiotics in Art. Krystyna Pomorska has written, contributed to and edited numerous books on Slavic literature and prose, including Fifty Years of Russian Prose and Language in Literature. George L. Burns is professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. His acclaimed books of theory and criticism include: Heidegger's Estrangements, Inventions, and Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language.