Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics: Volume 8

Synopsis

This book is not only a major twentieth-century contribution to dostoevsky’s studies, but also one of the most important theories of the novel produced in our century. As a modern reinterpretation of poetics, it bears comparison with aristotle. “bakhtin’s statement on the dialogical nature of artistic creation, and his differentiation of this from a history of monological commentary, is profoundly original and illuminating. This is a classic work on dostoevsky and a statement of importance to critical theory.