ABSTRACT

An indispensable introduction to one of the great critics of the twentieth century, whose work on ideology, aesthetics and social criticism has ensured his place at the centre of cultural studies and contemporary theoretical debates.

chapter 1|24 pages

The theoretical imagination

chapter 2|31 pages

Reconstructing Blake

chapter 3|53 pages

Reconstructing criticism

chapter 4|33 pages

The Great Code

chapter 5|20 pages

History

chapter 6|27 pages

On education

chapter 7|52 pages

Mythology and ideology

chapter 8|23 pages

A visionary criticism

chapter 9|30 pages

The critic as writer

chapter 10|10 pages

The power of words