Russian Formalism

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- PART I: HISTORY -- I. THE FORERUNNERS -- II. APPROACHES TO FORMALISM. From the 'Forest of Symbols' to the 'Self-Valuable Word' -- III. THE EMERGENCE OF THE FORMALIST SCHOOL -- IV. 'THE YEARS OF STRUGGLE AND POLEMICS' (1916-1920) -- V. TURBULENT GROWTH (1921-1926) -- VI. MARXISM VERSUS FORMALISM -- VII. CRISIS AND ROUT (1926-1930) -- VIII. REPERCUSSIONS -- IX. FORMALISM REDEFINED -- PART II: DOCTRINE -- X. BASIC CONCEPTS -- XI. LITERATURE AND 'LIFE'-FORMALIST AND STRUCTURALIST VIEW -- XII. VERSE STRUCTURE: SOUND AND MEANING -- XIII. STYLE AND COMPOSITION -- XIV. LITERARY DYNAMICS -- XV. STOCK-TAKING -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX