tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post5400343416522361855..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: BrechtJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-24968968475511590902022-12-12T09:27:31.110-06:002022-12-12T09:27:31.110-06:00You are welcome, Andrew. I will have to read this...You are welcome, Andrew. I will have to read this book now, and not just to be able to cite it in my article. I am genuinely curious. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-61820787289583528502022-12-12T01:08:40.530-06:002022-12-12T01:08:40.530-06:00Thanks for the Robinson title, especially with its...Thanks for the Robinson title, especially with its reference to Brecht in Moscow in 1935!Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-63042373318908960732022-12-11T12:14:55.911-06:002022-12-11T12:14:55.911-06:00Brecht came up with this in the 1930s. The date I&...Brecht came up with this in the 1930s. The date I've seen is 1935. Shklovsly's usage was considerably earlier, in 1917, when BB was only 19 years old. He wasn't that much older than Brecht, but the priority is clear. <br /><br />Douglas Robinson, Estrangement and the Somatics of Literature: Tolstoy, Shklovsky, Brecht (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008). [I Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-71358812650286536942022-12-11T04:24:57.681-06:002022-12-11T04:24:57.681-06:00I have always understood that Shklovsky and Brecht...I have always understood that Shklovsky and Brecht are parallel thinkers, rather than having one influence the other. That is, not S influenced B or B influenced S, but they thought similar things around the same time. So a question: Do you have references for the point that S influenced B? I'd really like to know if I've misunderstood this for decades!Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-27880200934338288052022-12-07T08:25:41.253-06:002022-12-07T08:25:41.253-06:00It will go into the article.It will go into the article.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-5537899987302068832022-12-03T23:00:59.493-06:002022-12-03T23:00:59.493-06:00It's my commentary. I'm not sure where th...It's my commentary. I'm not sure where the weird typography comes from. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-23442598756290440762022-12-03T22:29:17.007-06:002022-12-03T22:29:17.007-06:00This is from or is meta-comment on the text?This is from or is meta-comment on the text?Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.com