Christianity in Bakhtin : God and the exiled author
Christianity in Bakhtin : God and the exiled author By Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich; Coates, Ruth; Bakhtine, M
1998 | 201 Pages | ISBN: 0521572789 | PDF | 2 MB
1998 | 201 Pages | ISBN: 0521572789 | PDF | 2 MB
This book examines the influence of Christianity on the thought and work of the great Russian theorist Mikhael Bakhtin, paying particular attention to the motifs of God the Creator, the Fall, the Incarnation and Christian love. This is the first full-length work to approach Bakhtin from a religious perspective, and introduces the reader to a vitally important but hitherto ignored aspect of his work. In this context Ruth Coates presents readings of Bakhtin very different from those of Marxist and Structuralist critics