Roman Jakobson: Life, Language and Art

by Richard Bradford

Book Overview

In Roman Jakobson Richard Bradford reasserts the value of Jakobson's work, arguing that he has a great deal to offer contemporary critical theory and providing a critical appraisal the sweep of Jakobson's career.
Bradford re-establishes Jakobson's work as vital to our understanding of the relationship between language and poetry. By exploring Jakobson's thesis that poetry is the primary object language, Roman Jakobson: Life, Language, Art offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041507732X
• ISBN13: 9780415077323
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"