
The Task of the Critic
Terry Eagleton in Dialogue
Terry Eagleton(Author)
Matthew Beaumont(Editor)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 8. December 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-84467-339-1 (ISBN)
Description
Terry Eagleton occupies a unique position in the English-speaking world today. He is not only a productive literary theorist, but also a novelist and playwright. He remains a committed socialist deeply hostile to the zeitgeist. Over the last forty years his public interventions have enlivened an otherwise bland and conformist culture. His pen, as many colleagues in the academy-including Harold Bloom, Gayatri Spivak and Homi Bhabha-have learned, is merciless and unsparing. As a critic Eagleton has not shied away from confronting the high priests of native conformity as highlighted by his coruscating polemic against Martin Amis on the issue of civil liberties and religion.
This comprehensive volume of interviews covers both his life and the development of his thought and politics. Lively and insightful, they will appeal not only to those with an interest in Eagleton himself, but to all those interested in the evolution of radical politics, modernism, cultural theory, the history of ideas, sociology, semantic inquiry and the state of Marxist theory.
This comprehensive volume of interviews covers both his life and the development of his thought and politics. Lively and insightful, they will appeal not only to those with an interest in Eagleton himself, but to all those interested in the evolution of radical politics, modernism, cultural theory, the history of ideas, sociology, semantic inquiry and the state of Marxist theory.
Reviews / Votes
Second to none among cultural critics writing in the English language today. * Guardian * A combative, fiercely articulate and witty Marxist literary critic. * The Nation * Eagleton is informative, witty and wise. * Times Higher Education Supplement *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
448 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84467-339-1 (9781844673391)
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Persons
Terry Eagleton is Professor of Cultural Theory and John Rylands Fellow, University of Manchester. His other books include Ideology; The Function of Criticism; Heathcliff and the Great Hunger; Against the Grain; Walter Benjamin; and Criticism and Ideology, all from Verso.