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Energy of Delusion: A Book on Plot

by Viktor Shklovsky

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"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."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)
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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. ( )
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"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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