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Marxism and Literature

By Raymond Williams

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1978
ISBN
0198760612, 9780198760610
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18524501 bytes)
Series
Marxist Introductions
Pages
224\113
Time added
2013-11-23 16:04:01

Description

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.

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