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Marxist Literary Criticism Today
Contributor(s): Foley, Barbara (Author)

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 ISBN: 0745338836     ISBN-13: 9780745338835
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
OUR PRICE: $31.35  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Politics
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism
- Philosophy | Political
Dewey: 801.95
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (1.05 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Choice 12/01/2019
 
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In the first introduction to Marxist literary criticism in decades, Barbara Foley argues that Marxism continues to offer the best framework for exploring the relationship between literature and society. She lays out in clear terms the principal aspects of Marxist methodology--historical materialism, political economy, and ideology critique--as well as key debates about the nature of literature and the goals of literary criticism and pedagogy. Examining a wide range of texts through the empowering lens of Marxism--from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to E. L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey, from Frederick Douglass's 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' to Annie Proulx's 'Brokeback Mountain'--Foley provides a clear and compelling textbook of Marxist literary criticism.

Contributor Bio(s): Foley, Barbara: - Barbara Foley is distinguished professor of English at Rutgers University, Newark. She has published widely in the fields of Marxist criticism, US literary radicalism, and African American literature. Her books include Wrestling with the Left: The Making of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Spectres of 1919: Class and Nation in the Making of the New Negro.
 
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