The Polish Formalist School and Russian Formalism

by Andrzej Karcz

A comparison of two schools of literary criticism, showing how the Polish Formalist School modified and transcended the original ideas of Russian Formalism.

This study looks closely at the changes taking place in Polish literary scholarship at the turn of the century, and focuses on the work of the founder of Polish Formalism, Kazimierz Woycicki and the other main theoreticians and practitioners of this School. While presenting a comparative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580461107
• ISBN13: 9781580461108
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 236 Pages