Roman Jakobson: Life, Language and Art

by Richard Bradford

Book Overview

In Roman Jakobson Richard Bradford reasserts the value of Jakobson's work, arguing that he has a great deal to offer contemporary critical theory and providing a critical appraisal the sweep of Jakobson's career.
Bradford re-establishes Jakobson's work as vital to our understanding of the relationship between language and poetry. By exploring Jakobson's thesis that poetry is the primary object language, Roman Jakobson: Life, Language, Art offers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415077311
• ISBN13: 9780415077316
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"