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Viktor Shklovsky

Viktor Shklovsky (1893-1984) was a leading figure in the Russian Formalistmovement of the 1920s and had a profound effect on twentieth century Russianliterature. Several of his books have been translated into English, including Zoo,or Letters Not about Love, Third Factory, Theory of Prose, Energy of Delusion,and Literature and Cinematography, all published by Dalkey Archive Press.

A Hunt for OptimismViktor Shklovsky, Shushan AvagyanA Hunt for Optimism (1931) circles obsessively around a single sceneof interrogation in which a writer is subjected to a show trial for hisunorthodoxy.

BowstringOn the Dissimilarity of the SimilarViktor Shklovsky, Shushan AvagyanOut in English translation for the first time, Bowstring is a seminalwork, in which Shklovsky redefines estrangement (ostranenie) as adevice of the literary comparatistthe "person out of place," who mustsearch for meaning with a strained sensibility.

Literature and CinematographyViktor Shklovsky, Irina MasinovskyIn this short, brilliant book, Viktor Shklovsky enunciates the function of

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the arts: what they are and, just as importantly, what they are not. Inthe course of defining what art is, by implication he also quietly lays towaste the theories and people...

Energy of Delusion: A Book on PlotViktor Shklovsky, Shushan AvagyanOne of the greatest literary minds of the twentieth century, ViktorShklovsky writes the critical equivalent of what Ross Chambers calls"loiterature"writing that roams, playfully digresses, moving freelybetween the literary work and the...

Knight's MoveViktor Shklovsky, Richard SheldonFirst published in 1923, Knight's Move is a collection of articles andshort critical pieces that Viktor Shklovsky, no doubt the most originalliterary critic and theoretician of the twentieth century, wrote for thenewspaper The Life of Art

A Sentimental Journey: Memoirs, 1917-1922Viktor Shklovsky, Richard SheldonViktor Shklovsky's A Sentimental Journey, which borrows its title fromLaurence Sterne, describes the travels of a bewildered intellectualthrough Russia, Persia, the Ukraine, and the Caucasus during theperiod of the Russian Revolution. Valuable as a...

Third FactoryViktor Shklovsky, Richard SheldonLike many of Shklovsky's works, Third Factory cannot be neatlyclassified. In part it is a memoir of the three "Factories" that influencedhis development as a human being and as a writer, yet the eventsdepicted within the book are fictionalized and...

Zoo, or Letters Not about LoveViktor Shklovsky, Richard SheldonWhile living in exile in Berlin, Viktor Shklovsky fell in love with ElsaTriolet (the "Alya" of this novel). Shklovsky was in the habit of sendingElsa several letters a day, a situation she accepted under onecondition: he was forbidden to write...

Theory of ProseViktor Shklovsky, Benjamin SherViktor Shklovsky's 1925 book Theory of Prose might have become themost important work of literary criticism in the twentieth century had

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not two obstacles barred its way: the crackdown by Soviet dictatorshipon Shklovsky and other Russian...

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Shklovsky: Witness to an EraSerena VitaleShklovsky: Witness to an Era is a blend of riotous anecdote, personalhistory, and literary reflection . . .

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