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 Free Download Bakhtin and his Others : (Inter)subjectivity, Chronotope, Dialogism By Steinby, Liisa; Klapuri, Tintti; Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich 2013 | 172 Pages | ISBN: 0857283081 | PDF | 2 MB 'Bakhtin and his Others' aims to develop an understanding of Mikhail Bakhtin's ideas through a contextual approach, particularly with a focus on Bakhtin studies from the 1990s onward. The volume offers fresh theoretical insights into Bakhtin's ideas on (inter)subjectivity and temporality - including his concepts of chronotope and literary polyphony - by reconsidering his ideas in relation to the sources he employs, and taking into account later research on similar topics. The case studies show how Bakhtin's ideas, when seen in light of this approach, can be constructively employed in contemporary literary research.  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