Russian Formalism: a Metapoetics
Russian Formalism Russian For1nalis1n A Metapoetics by PETER STEINER Cornell University Press I Ithaca I London Copyright © 1984 by Peter Steiner All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850, or visit our website at www.cornellpress.cornell.edu. First published 1984 by Cornell University Press. “Too Much Monkey Business,” by Chuck Berry, copyright © 1956, Arc Music Corp., 110 East 59th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. International copyright secured. Used by permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Steiner, P. (Peter), 1946– Russian formalism. Based on the author’s thesis. Includes index. 1. Formalism (Literary analysis)—Soviet Union. I. Title. PN98.F6S73 1984 801'.95 84-7708 ISBN 978-0-8014-1710-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Blond hair, good look'n', wants me to marry, get a home, settle down, write a book- ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Too much monkey business, too much monkey business. -CHUCK BERRY Contents Preface 9 1 Who Is Formalism, What Is She? 15 � The Three Metaphors 44 The Machine 44 The Organism 68 The System 99 3 A Synecdoche 1]8 Zaum' 140 Verse 172 Expression 199 4 The Developmental Significance of Russian Formalism 24 2 Index 2 71 7 Preface This book grew out of my earlier comparative study of Rus sian Formalism and Prague Structuralism.
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