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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Book Title: Marxism and Literature
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Topic: Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Semiotics & Theory
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 1978
Genre: Literary Criticism, Political Science
Item Weight: 8.5 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Raymond Williams
Item Width: 5.1 in
Book Series: Marxist Introductions Ser.
Format: Uk-Trade Paper
