Abstract:The author focuses on newly discovered archival materials and traces the genesis of polyphony (defined as "many-voicedness") and its development in the works of the members of the Bakhtin Circle. Polyphony is a foundational concept elaborated by members of the Circle through collaboration, especially in the dialogical relationship between Bakhtin and Medvedev. The members of the Circle shared common ground in the development of their ideas, while simultaneously adhering to differing ideological orientations an… Show more
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