| Description |
199 pages ; 21 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Contents |
Macherey and Marxist literary theory -- Form, ideology and The secret agent -- Liberality and order : the criticism of John Bayley -- The idealism of American criticism -- Fredric Jameson : the politics of style -- Frère Jacques : the politics of deconstruction -- Marxism, structuralism and post-structuralism -- Wittgenstein's friends -- Capitalism, modernism and postmodernism -- The critic as clown -- Brecht and rhetoric -- Poetry, pleasure and politics -- The revolt of the reader -- The ballad of English literature. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Essays discuss Wittgenstein, Brecht, Conrad, Marxist literary theory, structuralism, modernism, and poetry. |
| Subject |
English literature -- History and criticism.
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English literature. (OCoLC)fst00911989
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
0860911349 (cased) |
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9780860911340 (cased) |
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0860918416 (pbk.) |
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9780860918417 (pbk.) |
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0805272836 |
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9780805272833 |
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