TY - BOOK AU - Patterson,David TI - Literature and spirit: essays on Bakhtin and his contemporaries SN - 9780813161327 AV - PG2947 .L584 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Lexington PB - The University Press of Kentucky KW - Bakhtin, M. M. KW - Criticism KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Literature KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; ONE. Bakhtin and Foucault: Laughter, Madness, Literature; TWO. Bakhtin, Berdyaev, and Gide: Dostoevsky's Poetics of Spirit; THREE. Bakhtin and Lacan: Author, Hero, and the Language of the Self; FOUR. Bakhtin and Levinas: Signification, Responsibility, Spirit; FIVE. Bakhtin and Heidegger: Word and Being; SIX. Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; 2; b N2 - ""If Bakhtin is right, "" Wayne C. Booth has said, ""a very great deal of what we western critics have spent our time on is mistaken, or trivial, or both."" In Literature and Spirit David Patterson proceeds from the premise that Bakhtin is right. Exploring Bakhtin's notions of spirit, responsibility, and dialogue, Patterson takes his reader from the narrow arena of literary criticism to the larger realm of human living and human loving. True to the spirit of Bakhtin, he draws the Russian into a vibrant dialogue with other thinkers, including Foucault, Berdyaev, Gide, Lacan, Levinas, and Heidegge UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938540&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -