"In this introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin, Ken Hirschkop presents a compact, readable, detailed and sophisticated exposition of all of Bakhtin's important works.

In this introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin, Ken Hirschkop presents a compact, readable, detailed, and sophisticated exposition of all of Bakhtin's important works.

A concise, readable and up-to-date introduction to Bakhtin, which provides students with an accessible but sophisticated guide to his work.

Hirschkop treats Bakhtin not as a metaphysician or a philosopher for the ages, but as a writer inevitably drawn into the historical conflicts produced by a mode

This classic work by the Russian philosopher and literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) examines popular humor and folk culture in the Middle Ages and th