Update soon!— the books in this picture stayed at the store. About 50 pages into one of the Bakhtin books I bought. Why are you interested?
Discussion
No reason in particular. Never heard the name and I wonder what's in it.
Thanks for asking! I’m reading essays written by M.M. Bakhtin. He was a Russian literary critic & philosopher. He interests me because I like learning how things are made and work— novels “work” in different ways & people like Bakhtin analyze literary text & language.
I’m on the part where he is talking about Goethe.
“Human creativity has its own internal law. It must be human (and civilly expedient), but it must also be necessary, consistent, and true, like nature. Any arbitrariness, fabrication, or abstract fantasy was repulsive to Goethe.” 
Thank you! Turns out I disagree with Goethe. I love fanciful stuff.
Bakhtin appreciates his vision but also dissects it & points to what he considers an incompleteness — the best type of criticism — imo — helps us see how another views the world so we can view with them while retaining or gaining our own insight.