Art and Answerability

Early Philosophical Essays

Bibliographic Data

ID23398122
AuthorsM M Bakhtin (corresponding author), Kenneth Brostrom
EditorsMichael Holquist, Vadim Liapunov
Year1990
Publication date1990-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueArt and Answerability (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7560/704114
OpenAlexW4212865901
Open LibraryOL34846847M
ISBN9780292792135
LanguageEN
Citations received203

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.

Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Artistic and Creative Research · Computer Science · Visual Culture and Art Theory · Aesthetics · Literature · Philosophy