Like many of Shklovsky's works, Third Factory is not easily classified. In part it is a memoir of the three "Factories" that influenced his development as a human being and as a writer, yet the events depicted within the book are fictionalised and conveyed with the poetic verve and playfulness of form that have made Shklovsky a major figure in twentieth-century world literature. In addition to its fictional and biographical elements, Third Factory includes anecdotes, rants, social satire, literary theory, and anything else that Shklovsky, with an artist's unerring confidence, chooses to...
Like many of Shklovsky's works, Third Factory is not easily classified. In part it is a memoir of the three "Factories" that influenced his develop...
First published in 1923, Knight's Move is a collection of articles and short critical pieces that Viktor Shklovsky, no doubt the most original literary critic and theoretician of the twentieth century, wrote for the newspaper The Life of Art between 1919 and 1921. With his usual epigrammatic, acerbic wit and genius, Shklovsky pillories the bad writers, artists, and critics of his time, especially those who used art as a political or social tool. And at no time is Shklovsky better than when he insists with indignation and outrage that "Art has always been free of life. Its flag has never...
First published in 1923, Knight's Move is a collection of articles and short critical pieces that Viktor Shklovsky, no doubt the most original lite...
This book provides a comprehensive and updated consideration of the topic of cross-border insolvency, guiding the reader seamlessly through this complex area of law. The fourth edition is divided into two parts, with the first section describing the key cross-border insolvency regimes, including the EC Insolvency Regulation, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, Section 426 of the UK's Insolvency Act 1986, and the common law. The second section of the book focuses on specific issues in more detail, such as the court's insolvency jurisdiction, ancillary winding up, enforcement of...
This book provides a comprehensive and updated consideration of the topic of cross-border insolvency, guiding the reader seamlessly through this compl...