Mikhail Bakhtin and Walter Benjamin: Experience and Form

By Tim Beasley-Murray

Book Overview

This first comparative study of the philosophers and literary critics, Walter Benjamin and Mikhail Bakhtin, focuses on the two thinkers' conceptions of experience and form, investigating parallels between Bakhtin's theories of responsibility, dialogue, and the novel, and Benjamin's theories of translation, montage, allegory, and the aura.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349358339
• ISBN13: 9781349358335
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"