| Description |
217 pages ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Marxist introductions |
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Marxist introductions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index. |
| Contents |
Culture -- Language -- Literature -- Ideology -- Base and superstructure -- Determination -- Productive forces -- From reflection to mediation -- Typification and homology -- Hegemony -- Traditions, institutions, and formations -- Dominant, residual, and emergent -- Structures of feeling -- The sociology of culture -- The multiplicity of writing -- Aesthetic and other situations -- From medium to social practice -- Signs and notations -- Conventions -- Genres -- Forms -- Authors -- Alignment and commitment -- Creative practice. |
| Summary |
In this book, the author 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. |
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This book extends the theme of Raymond Williams's earlier work in literary and cultural analysis. He analyses 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. |
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Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Communism and literature.
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Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 (OCoLC)fst00030215
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Communism and literature. (OCoLC)fst00870509
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
0198760612 |
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0198760566 |
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9780198760566 |
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9780198760610 (pbk.) |
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