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In this study, Bradford reasserts the value of Roman Jakobson's work, arguing that he has a great deal to offer contemporary critical theory and providing a critical appraisal for 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, new reading of his work is offered which includes the most radical elements of modernism. This book is aimed at students of Jakobson, and those interested in the development of critical theory, linguistics and stylistics.

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Author:   Richard Bradford
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780415077323

ISBN 10:   041507732
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   14 April 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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With the 1996 centennial of his birth certain to bring renewed interest in the work of Roman Jakobson, we are fortunate to have this lucid presentation of the theory of poetics he developed over six decades, from his early work on Russian formalist and futurist poetry through the topics he discussed with Krystyna Pomorska in Dialogues. In this book, Richard Bradford, a 'self-appointed advocate for Jakobsonian theory', not only summarizes Jakobson's major ideas on poetry and poetic language but attempts to reestablish Jakobson as a 'literary linguist' in the aftermath of the poststructuralist era in literary theory and criticism that brought serious attacks, discredit, and marginalization. <br>-Julia Falk, Language, 12/95 <br>

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