The Politics of Style
Towards a Marxist Poetics
Haymarket Books · Print & ebook · January 5, 2018
Building on the work of Raymond Williams, Terry Eagleton and Fredric Jameson, Hartley delineates the historical and conceptual preconditions for the emergence of a politics of style’, and uncovers an underground current of stylistics within the Marxist tradition from Marx to Barthes.
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- Who it’s for
- Daniel Hartley traces the conceptual preconditions for a politics of style within Marxist thought.
- Genres
- Literary Theory, Politics in Literature, Critical Theory
- Published
- Haymarket Books, January 5, 2018
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Building on the work of Raymond Williams, Terry Eagleton and Fredric Jameson, Hartley delineates the historical and conceptual preconditions for the emergence of a politics of style’, and uncovers an underground current of stylistics within the Marxist tradition from Marx to Barthes. Sets out an independent and ambitious theory of style as a foundational element of a new Marxist poetics.
Marxist Style
Daniel Hartley traces the conceptual preconditions for a politics of style within Marxist thought.
Come here for
- A history of stylistics within the Marxist tradition, from Marx to Barthes
- An independent theory of style as a foundation for Marxist poetics
Expect
- Engagement with the work of Raymond Williams, Terry Eagleton, and Fredric Jameson
- Historical and conceptual groundwork for a Marxist poetics
Where it sits
| Literary Theory | 93% |
|---|---|
| Politics in Literature | 49% |
| Critical Theory | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Politics in Literature
- Authors
- Daniel Hartley
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Published
- January 5, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Politics in Literature