Marxism and Literature

Paperback, 224 pages

English language

Published Feb. 16, 1978 by Oxford University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-19-876061-0
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OCLC Number:
8329721

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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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Subjects

  • Communism and literature
  • Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
  • Marxist criticism

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