Marxism and Literature (Marxist Introductions)

✍ Scribed by Raymond Williams

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 228
• Edition: Revised
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book extends the theme of Raymond Williams's earlier work in literary and cultural analysis. He analyzes 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<br>materialism' which integrates Marxist theories of language with Marxist theories of literature.<br><br>Williams moves from a review of the growth of the concepts of literature and idealogy to a redefinition ofdeterminism' 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
I. Basic Concepts
1. Culture
2. Language
3. Literature
4. Ideology
II. Cultural Theory
1. Base and Superstructure
2. Determination
3. Productive Forces
4. From Reflection to Mediation
5. Typification and Homology
6. Hegemony
7. Traditions, Institutions, and Formations
8. Dominant, Residual, and Emergent
9. Structures of Feeling
10. The Sociology of Culture
III. Literary Theory
1. The Multiplicity of Writing
2. Aesthetic and Other Situations
3. From Medium to Social Practice
4. Signs and Notations
5. Conventions
6. Genres
7. Forms
8. Authors
9. Alignment and Commitment
10. Creative Practice
Booklist and Abbreviations
Index