T. Beasley-Murray 
Mikhail Bakhtin and Walter Benjamin 
Experience and Form

This first comparative study of the philosophers and literary critics, Walter Benjamin and Mikhail Bakhtin, focuses on the two thinkers’ conceptions of experience and form, investigating parallels between Bakhtin’s theories of responsibility, dialogue, and the novel, and Benjamin’s theories of translation, montage, allegory, and the aura.

Table of Content

Introduction Habit and Tradition Experience Language Totalities Notes Bibliography

About the author

TIM BEASLEY-MURRAY is Lecturer in Slovak Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK. He has published articles on Literary, Cultural, and Political Theory, and Czech, Habsburg, and Slovak literature.