TY - BOOK AU - Lemon,Lee T. AU - Reis,Marion J. TI - Russian formalist criticism: four essays, T2 - Regents critics series SN - 0803254601 U1 - 809.8947 RUS PY - 1965///] CY - Lincoln PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - Literature, Modern KW - Formalism (Literary analysis) N1 - Gratis $2.25/-; Bibliographical footnotes; Art as technique, by V. Shklovsky.--Sterne's Tristram Shandy: stylistic commentary, by V. Shklovsky.--Thematics, by B. Tomashevsky.--The theory of the "formal method," by B. Eichenbaum; Russian formalists emerged from the Russian Revolution with ideas about the independence of literature. They enjoyed that independence until Stalin shut them down. This book features four essays representing key points in the formalists' short history ER -