Knight's Move |
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| Author:
| Shklovsky, Viktor |
| Translator:
| Sheldon, Richard |
| Series title: | Dalkey Archive Scholarly Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56478-385-1 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2005 |
| Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
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| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1923, Knight's Move is a,collection of articles and short critical pieces,that Viktor Shklovsky, no doubt the most original,literary critic and theorician of the 20th,century, wrote between 1919 and 1921. With his,usual epigrammatic, acerbic wit and geniusShklovsky pillories the bad writers, artists and,critics of his time, especially those who used art,as a political or social tool. As fresh and,revolutionary today as they were when written,nearly a century ago,...
More DescriptionFirst published in 1923, Knight's Move is a,collection of articles and short critical pieces,that Viktor Shklovsky, no doubt the most original,literary critic and theorician of the 20th,century, wrote between 1919 and 1921. With his,usual epigrammatic, acerbic wit and geniusShklovsky pillories the bad writers, artists and,critics of his time, especially those who used art,as a political or social tool. As fresh and,revolutionary today as they were when written,nearly a century ago, these pieces remain as,infuriating as they were in the twenties.