Mikhail Bakhtin: The Word in the World - Paperback

by Graham Pechey (Author)

Presenting a commentary on Bakhtin's texts, this book focuses on the influence of Eastern Orthodox Christianity upon his thinking and Bakhtin's use of literary criticism and hermeneutics as ways of 'doing philosophy by other means'.

Author Biography

Graham Pechey was born in South Africa and educated at the universities of Natal and Cambridge. He has published numerous articles on Mikhail Bakhtin, Romantic writing, literary and cultural theory, and South African literature. Having retired in 2000 from lecturing in English at the University of Hertfordshire, he now teaches English part-time at the University of Cambridge and is a Research Associate at that university's Centre of African Studies.