ABSTRACT

Marxism has had an enormous impact on literary and cultural studies, and all those interested in the field need to be aware of its achievements. This collection presents the very best of recent Marxist literary criticism in one single volume.

An international group of contributors provide an introduction to the development, current trends and evolution of the subject. They include such notable Marxist critics as Tony Bennett, Terry Eagleton, Edward W. Said, Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson. A diverse range of subjects are analysed such as James Bond, Brecht, Jane Austen and the modern history of the aesthetic.

chapter |33 pages

Introduction

chapter |16 pages

Free Particulars

The Rise of the Aesthetic * (1990)

chapter |26 pages

Pandora's Box

Subjectivity, Class and Sexuality in Socialist Feminist Criticism * (1985)

chapter |17 pages

Jane Austen and Empire *

(1989)

chapter |11 pages

The Moment of Truth

the Geography of Modern Tragedy * (1986)

chapter |20 pages

Beyond the Cave

Demystifying the Ideology of Modernism * (1975)

chapter |19 pages

Licensed to Look

James Bond and the Heroism of Consumption * (1987)

chapter |28 pages

Lessons from Brecht *

(1974)