Marxism and literature

Author(s)

• Williams, Raymond

Bibliographic Information

Marxism and literature

Raymond Williams

（Oxford paperbacks）（Marxist introductions）

Oxford University Press, 1977

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [213]-217

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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Details

• NCID: BA04044486
• ISBN:
  • 0198760612
• LCCN: 77005728
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford [Eng.]
• Pages/Volumes: 217 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HX531
  • DC : 335.43/8/80195
  • NDC6 : 901.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Communism and literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00075182
  • BA0019459X