Introducing Bakhtin [Paperback]

There is no other comprehensive introduction to Bakhtin. The book is aimed at arts students - the primary market. Deals extensively with gender issues.

1. Heteroglossia: 'I hear voices everywhere. . .'

2. Dialogism: ' . . . and conflict between them.'

3. Polyphony: voices with equal rights

4. Carnival and the grotesque body

5. The Chronotope: fleshing out time

Bibliography

Index

Sue Vice is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Sheffield