Mikhail Bakhtin

by Michael Holquist and Katerina Clark

Book Overview

In such diverse fields as semiotics, literary theory, social theory, linguistics, psychology, and anthropology, Mikhail Bakhtin's importance is increasingly recognized. His posthumous fame comes in striking contrast to his obscurity during his lifetime (1895-1975), much of it spent as a semi-invalid in a succession of provincial towns. He received no public recognition, in the Soviet Union or abroad, until the last dozen years of his long life--not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674574176
• ISBN13: 9780674574175
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"