Marxism and Literature (Marxist Introductions)

Williams, Raymond

ISBN 10: 0198760612 / ISBN 13: 9780198760610

Edité par Oxford University Press, Oxford London Glasgow New York Toronto Melbourne, 1978

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218 pp. First published in 1977; this copy, Stated: "Reprinted 1978". [There appears to be a "Rev. Ed." published in February, 1978, with 224 pp., but neither the OUP, nor Amazon, provide detailed information about the contents of the additional 6 pp. of the second 1978 edition. Perhaps the Rev.Ed. is little more than the 1st printing with corrections, which is the same as this copy, the 2nd printing. Perhaps only a new Preface or Introduction accounts for the additional 6 pp.] Following the Introduction, Contents divided into 24 Essays in three sections: I. BASIC CONCEPTS (1) "Culture"; (2) "Language"; (3) "Literature"; (4) "Ideology"; II. CULTURAL THEORY (1) "Base and Superstructure"; (2) "Determination"; (3) "Productive Forces"; (4) "From Reflection to Mediation"; (5) "Typification and Homology"; (6) "Hegemony"; (7) "Traditions, Institutions, and Formations"; (8) "Dominant, Residual, and Emergent"; (9) "Structures of Feelings"; (10)"The Sociology of Culture"; III. LITERARY THEORY (1) "The Multiplicity of Writing"; (2) "Aesthetic and Other Situations"; (3) "From Medium to Social Practice"; (4) "Signs and Notations"; (5) "Conventions"; (6) "Genres"; (7) "Forms"; (8) "Authors"; (9) "Alignment and Commitment"; (10) "Creative Practice"; Booklist and Abbreviations, pp. 213-217; Index, p. 218. Glossy white wraps with Author Name and Title lettering, respectively, in black and red letters across top fourth front cover over white background; colorful abstract geometrical design in black, blue, yellow, orange, purple and green on most of front cover. Thin lines of intermittent white down spine edges; tanned textblock edges; age-toning to text pages with slightly more on perimeters than beneath text itself. Binding tight (NO cracks); corners sharp (NO bumps or curls); miniscule tip wear at front cover corners, else looking unread; NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks. Clean text.The way to read a Marxism Classic more than 50 years-old, remarkably well-preserved.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Marxism and Literature (Marxist Introductions)
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, Oxford London Glasgow New York Toronto Melbourne
• Date de parution: 1978
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0198760612
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780198760610
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 2nd Printing
• État de l'article: Fine

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

Raymond Williams was formerly Professor of Drama and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. His publications include Culture and Society, Communications, The Country and The City, and Keywords.