However, just as this book was introduced, on 8 December 1928, right before Voskresenie's 10th anniversary, Meyer, Bakhtin and a number of others associated with Voskresenie were apprehended by the Soviet secret police, the OGPU (Hirschkop 1999: p. 168). It is here that Bakhtin introduces the concept of dialogism. In 1929, "Problems of Dostoevsky’s Art", Bakhtin's first major work, was published. Repression and misplacement of his manuscripts would plague Bakhtin throughout his career. This work was eventually published 51 years later. It is at this time that Bakhtin decided to share his work with the public, but, just before "On the Question of the Methodology of Aesthetics in Written Works" was to be published, the journal in which it was to appear stopped publication. In 1924, Bakhtin moved to Leningrad, where he assumed a position at the Historical Institute and provided consulting services for the State Publishing House. This illness hampered his productivity and rendered him an invalid. Later, in 1923, Bakhtin was diagnosed with osteomyelitis, a bone disease that ultimately led to amputation of a leg in 1938. It was here, in 1921, that Bakhtin married Elena Aleksandrovna Okolovich. This piece constitutes Bakhtin's first published work. However, in 1919, a short section of this work was published and given the title "Art and Responsibility". It was in Nevel, also, that Bakhtin worked tirelessly on a large work concerning moral philosophy that was never published in its entirety. Vitebsk was "a cultural centre of the region" the perfect place for Bakhtin "and other intellectuals lectures, debates and concerts." German philosophy was the topic talked about most frequently and, from this point forward, Bakhtin considered himself more a philosopher than a literary scholar. Included in this group were Valentin Voloshinov and, eventually, P. N. Medvedev, who joined the group later in Vitebsk. The group consisted of intellectuals with varying interests, but all shared a love for the discussion of literary, religious, and political topics. It was at that time that the first "Bakhtin Circle" formed. He then moved to a small city in western Russia, Nevel ( Pskov Oblast), where he worked as a schoolteacher for two years.
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