Prologue : what this book is and is not about -- Introduction : the radical historicity of literary theory -- Russian Formalism : entanglements at birth and later reverberations -- A skeptic at the cradle of theory : Gustav Shpet's reflections on literature -- Toward a philosophy of culture : Bakhtin beyond literary theory -- The boundaries of modernity : semantic paleontology and its subterranean impact -- Interwar exiles : regimes of relevance in émigré criticism and theory -- Epilogue : a fast forward to "world literature."
Summary
A comprehensive account of all major trends in Russian interwar literary theory and its wider impact in our post-deconstruction and world literature era, this book attempts to answer two fundamental questions: What does it mean to think about literature theoretically, and what happens to literary theory when it is no longer available as an option?
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 14, 2019)
