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	Speech Genres and Other Late Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series) by M.M. Bakhtin
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 410 EAN 9780292775602 ISBN 0292775601 Manufacturer University of Texas Press Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 203 Publication Date 1986 Publisher University of Texas Press Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description '. . . in many ways the best of Bakhtin.' --New York Times Book Review Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published in Moscow in 1979. This is the last of Bakhtin's extant manuscripts published in the Soviet Union. All but one of these essays (the one on the Bildungsroman) were written in Bakhtin's later years and thus they bear the stamp of a thinker who has accumulated a huge storehouse of factual material, to which he has devoted a lifetime of analysis, reflection, and reconsideration. '... in many ways the best of Bakhtin.' New York Times Book Review '. . . in many ways the best of Bakhtin.' --New York Times Book Review Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published in Moscow in 1979. This is the last of Bakhtin's extant manuscripts published in the Soviet Union. All but one of these essays (the one on the Bildungsroman) were written in Bakhtin's later years and thus they bear the stamp of a thinker who has accumulated a huge storehouse of factual material, to which he has devoted a lifetime of analysis, reflection, and reconsideration. Text: English, Russian (translation) Customers who bought this item also bought The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series) Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics (Theory & History of Literature) Rabelais and His World Marxism and the Philosophy of Language Dialogism (New Accents) Customer Reviews for: Speech Genres and Other Late Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series) Rating - excellent late essays This collection of late essays is essential for any student of Bakhtin in order to achieve a fuller understanding of the totality of his work. While the essays are varied, ranging from a discussion of the Bildungsroman & Goethe's sense of time to questions of approaching text from a foundation of cultural dialog, perhaps the most important essay here is the one lending its name to the title. Describing as never before Bakhtin's sense of speech ... Read More Rating - Review of the Bildungsroman Book Fragment This Book, like almost everything Bakhtin wrote is profound and food for thought. Unfortunately, and this is the drawback with some of the English Language translations and compilations, it is also quite uneven, both in subject matter and content. The Reader should not be deterred. It is worth reading, because there are some fine insights buried in this book. --- I will only write about the so called Bildungroman Fragment here. It has become ... Read More Rating - brilliant The best introduction to Bakhtin as he is at his mostprovocative and lucid form. The next book to read for those interestedin the man would be the Rabelais and the Dostoevsky book. See all books by author M.M. Bakhtin

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