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Reading Marxist Literary Theory

Reading Marxist Literary Theory

Publié le par René Audet

Drew Milne, Reading Marxist Literary Theory, Blackwell, 2001.

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In accessible language directed at the student and general reader, the author reintroduces Marxism to contemporary discussions of literary theory. He sets out to demystify a range of terms and debates and by addressing, for example, feminism, postmodernism, post-colonial theory, pyschoanalysis and queer theory, negotiates a space in which Marxism can inform and be informed by theoretical developments. Each chapter isolates a particular conceptual problem emerging from the legacy of Marx and explores its development through the conflict between different Marxist literary theories and other literary traditions. Against the shifting terrain of contemporary culture and politics, Milne argues that the traditions of both Marxism and literature provide emancipatory resources which should not be given up lightly.