The Cambridge Introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin

A concise, readable and up-to-date introduction to Bakhtin, which provides students with an accessible but sophisticated guide to his work.

Ken Hirschkop (Author)

9781107521094, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 November 2021

210 pages
22.7 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.33 kg

'Hirschkop's volume follows the spirit of its subject: providing its readers with an overview of Bakhtin's life, context, and thought, it feeds our desire to turn to Bakhtin himself and propels it into the future.' Alexander Spektor, Slavic Review

In this introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin, Ken Hirschkop presents a compact, readable, detailed, and sophisticated exposition of all of Bakhtin's important works. Using the most up-to-date sources and the new, scholarly editions of Bakhtin's texts, Hirschkop explains Bakhtin's influential ideas, demonstrates their relevance and usefulness for literary and cultural analysis, and sets them in their historical context. In clear and concise language, Hirschkop shows how Bakhtin's ideas have changed the way we understand language and literary texts. Authoritative and accessible, this Cambridge Introduction is the most comprehensive and reliable account of Bakhtin and his work yet available.

1. Introduction
2. Life
3. Context
4. Works
5. Reception
6. A Brief Conclusion
Further Reading
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP], Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF], Literary theory [DSA], Prose: non-fiction [DN], Philosophy of language [CFA]