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Myths of Power - Anniversary Edition: A Marxist Study of the Brontes

By Terry Eagleton

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2005
ISBN
1403946973, 9781403946973
LCC
PR4169 .E2 2005
Open Library ID
OL3310812M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10685390 bytes)
Edition
Revised
Pages
148\179
Topic
Literature Literary
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
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Description

This book sets out to interpret the fiction of the Bront? sisters in light of a Marxist analysis of the historical conditions in which it was produced. Its aim is not merely to relate literary facts, but by a close critical examination of the novels, to find in them a significant structure of ideas and values which related to the Bront?s' ambiguous situation within the class system of their society. Its intention is to forge close relations between the novels, nineteenth-century ideology, and historical forces, in order to illuminate the novels themselves in a radically new perspective. When originally published in 1975 (second edition in 1988), it was the first full-length Marxist study of the Bront?s and is now reissued to celebrate 30 years since its first publication. It includes a new Introduction by Terry Eagleton that reflects the changes that have happened in Marxist literary criticism since 1988, and situates this reissue in current debates.

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