
Publication details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Basingstoke
Year: 1997
Pages: 3-5
ISBN (Hardback): 9780333677421
Full citation:
, "Victor Shklovsky", in: Twentieth-century literary theory, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1997


Victor Shklovsky
"Art as technique"
pp. 3-5
in: K. M. Newton (ed), Twentieth-century literary theory, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1997Abstract
"Art is thinking in images." This maxim, which even high-school students parrot, is nevertheless the starting point for the erudite philologist who is beginning to put together some kind of systematic literary theory. The idea, originated in part by Potebnya, has spread. "Without imagery there is no art, and in particular no poetry", Potebnya writes. And elsewhere, "Poetry, as well as prose, is first and foremost a special way of thinking and knowing".1…
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Publication details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Basingstoke
Year: 1997
Pages: 3-5
ISBN (Hardback): 9780333677421
Full citation:
, "Victor Shklovsky", in: Twentieth-century literary theory, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1997