Knight's Move

by Victor Shklovsky

Book Overview

First published in 1923, Knight's Move is a collection of articles and short critical pieces that Viktor Shklovsky, no doubt the most original literary critic and theoretician of the twentieth century, wrote for the newspaper The Life of Art between 1919 and 1921. With his usual epigrammatic, acerbic wit and genius, Shklovsky pillories the bad writers, artists, and critics of his time, especially those who used art as a political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564783855
• ISBN13: 9781564783851
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher