Energy of Delusion: A Book on Plot
by Viktor Shklovsky
On This Page
Description
"Energy of Delusion is a seminal work by one of the leading figures of Russian Formalism. Started in 1969 and completed in 1981 (when Viktor Shklovsky was 88), it mixes biography with literary theory in an expansive study of the novel form, encompassing the works of Tolstoy, Boccaccio, Cervantes, Pushkin, Chekhov, Dostoyevski, Sterne, Twain, and many others."--Jacket.Tags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
I must admit that I haven't finished this book yet, but it is a highly entertaining and creatively unique book so far. I see that I am the only one at this time that has listed it and so I feel compelled to let you know that the language is beautiful. No one writes like Shklovsky. His thoughts meander back and forth through literature (mostly Russian) and his insights and sentences are uniques, conversational, and insightful. I love this book and don't want to finish it.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
76+ Works 1,135 Members
A leading figure in the Russian Formalist movement of the 1920s, Viktor Shklovsky (1893-1984) had a profound effect on twentieth-century Russian literature
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 891.733 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature East Indo-European and Celtic literatures Russian and East Slavic languages Russian fiction 1800–1917
- LCC
- PG3410 .S4713 — Language and Literature Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Slavic. Baltic. Albanian Russian literature Individual authors and works 1800-1870 Tolstoi
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 67
- Popularity
- 464,560
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.83)
- Languages
- English, Italian, Russian
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
