Art and Answerability : : Early Philosophical Essays / / M. M. Bakhtin; ed. by Michael Holquist.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Bakhtin, M. M.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Brostrom, Kenneth.; Liapunov, Vadim.
• MitwirkendeR: Holquist, Michael,
• HerausgeberIn: Holquist, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: University of Texas Press Slavic Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) is one of the preeminent figures in twentieth-century philosophical thought. Art and Answerability contains three of his early essays from the years following the Russian Revolution, when Bakhtin and other intellectuals eagerly participated in the debates, lectures, demonstrations, and manifesto writing of the period. Because they predate works that have already been translated, these essays—"Art and Answerability," "Author and Hero in Aesthetic Activity," and "The Problem of Content, Material, and Form in Verbal Art"—are essential to a comprehensive understanding of Bakhtin's later works. A superb introduction by Michael Holquist sets out the major themes and concerns of the three essays and identifies their place in the canon of Bakhtin's work and in intellectual history. The introduction, together with Vadim Liapunov's scholarly gloss, makes these essays accessible to students as well as scholars.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: THE ARCHITECTONICS OF ANSWERABILITY -- ART AND ANSWERABILITY -- AUTHOR AND HERO IN AESTHETIC ACTIVITY -- SUPPLEMENT: THE PROBLEM OF CONTENT, MATERIAL, AND FORM IN VERBAL ART -- Index