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Contains three of his early essays from the years following the Russian Revolution

Table of Contents

• Introduction: The Architectonics of Answerability (Michael Holquist)
• Art and Answerability (1919). Translation and notes by Vadim Liapunov (including material from the editors of the Russian edition, S. S. Averintsev and S. G. Bocharov)
• Author and Hero in Aesthetic Activity (ca. 1920-1923). Translation and notes by Vadim Liapunov (including material from the editors of the Russian edition, S. S. Averintsev and S. G. Bocharov)
• Supplement: The Problem of Content, Material and Form in Verbal Art (1924). Translation by Kenneth Brostrom (notes by Michael Holquist, including material from the editor of the Russian edition, S. G. Bocharov)
• Index

About the Author

Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975) is one of the preeminent figures in twentieth-century philosophical thought.

Reviews

Bakhtin's early essays are essential for a full understanding of his philosophy and the premises of his literary criticism. We have waited a long time for this volume and it turns out to be worth the wait. The translations have been thoughtfully and carefully done and the translators are to be congratulated on providing fluent English translations of what are some of the most difficult, though also most rewarding of the Bakhtinian texts. (Slavonic And East European Review)