Readings in Russian Poetics: Formalist and Structuralist Views

by Krystyna Pomorska

Book Overview

Investigating the conceptualisation of structure and form within literature, the Russian Formalists affected both the creation of art during the 1920s and 1930s and the development of literary theory as a scientific discipline. Crucial to the understanding of this theoretical movement, this collection of essays by and about the Russian Formalists features work by: - Boris M. Eichenbaum ("The Theory of the Formal Method") - Viktor Shklvosky ("The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564783243
• ISBN13: 9781564783240
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher