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i-vi -- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- PART I: HISTORY -- I. THE FORERUNNERS -- II. APPROACHES TO FORMALISM. From the Forest of Symbols to the Self-Valuable Word -- III. THE EMERGENCE OF THE FORMALIST SCHOOL -- IV. THE YEARS OF STRUGGLE AND POLEMICS (19161920) -- V. TURBULENT GROWTH (19211926) -- VI. MARXISM VERSUS FORMALISM -- VII. CRISIS AND ROUT (19261930) -- VIII. REPERCUSSIONS -- IX. FORMALISM REDEFINED -- PART II: DOCTRINE -- X. BASIC CONCEPTS -- XI. LITERATURE AND LIFEFORMALIST AND STRUCTURALIST VIEW -- XII. VERSE STRUCTURE: SOUND AND MEANING -- XIII. STYLE AND COMPOSITION -- XIV. LITERARY DYNAMICS -- XV. STOCK-TAKING -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX