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Marxism and Literature
Overview
This book extends the theme of Raymond Williams's earlier work in literary and cultural analysis. He analyzes previous contributions to a Marxist theory of literature from Marx himself to Lukacs, Althusser, and Goldmann, and develops his own approach by outlining a theory of cultural materialism' which integrates Marxist theories of language with Marxist theories of literature.
Williams moves from a review of the growth of the concepts of literature and idealogy to a redefinition of determinism' and hegemony'. His incisive discussion of the 'social material process' of cultural activity culminates in a re-examination of the problems of alignment and commitment and of the creative practice in individual authors and wider social groups.This item is Non-Returnable
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- ISBN-13: 9780198760610
- ISBN-10: 0198760612
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: February 1978
- Dimensions: 7.76 x 5.16 x 0.59 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.4 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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