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Is Marx relevant any more? Why should we care what he wrote? What difference could it make to our reading of literature? Terry Eagleton, one of the foremost critics of our generation, has some answers in this wonderfully clear and readable analysis. Sharp and concise, it is, without doubt, the most important work on literary criticism that has emerged out of the tradition of Marxist philosophy and social theory since the nineteenth century.

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Is Marx relevant any more? Why should we care what he wrote? What difference could it make to our reading of literature? Terry Eagleton, one of the foremost critics of our generation, has some answers in this wonderfully clear and readable analysis. Sharp and concise, it is, without doubt, the most important work on literary criticism that has emerged out of the tradition of Marxist philosophy and social theory since the nineteenth century.

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Terry Eagleton

Table of Contents

Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition, Preface, 1 Literature and history, 2 Form and content, 3 The writer and commitment, 4 The author as producer, Notes, Select Bibliography, Index

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'Terry Eagleton is that rare bird among literary critics - a real writer.' - Colin McCabe, The Guardian
`Marxism and Literary Criticism is amazingly comprehensive for its brief format. Eagleton has been able to sum up the main areas of Marxist criticism in the West today.' - Times Literary Supplement

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'Terry Eagleton is that rare bird among literary critics - a real writer.' - Colin McCabe, The Guardian

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