Terry Eagleton
1st Edition
Published on 14. March 2017
179 pages
978-1-350-31783-3 (ISBN)
Description
Terry Eagleton is the foremost Marxist cultural theorist of our time. In the first book-length study of this highly influential figure, David Alderson provides detailed discussions of Eagleton's Marxism and his engagements with postmodernism, as well as an evaluation of his interventions in Irish Studies.
Each of the chapters in this important intervention in current theoretical debates offers accessible contextualization of the key issues and provides detailed analyses of Eagleton's literary criticism. Alderson shows that the complex relations between nature, culture and ideology, body, subjectivity and authority are at the heart of Eagleton's ethical and political concerns. He goes on to demonstrate that these relations inform the theorist's critical examinations of such literary works as Wuthering Heights and The Merchant of Venice, and his treatment of W.B. Yeats and Oscar Wilde.
Each of the chapters in this important intervention in current theoretical debates offers accessible contextualization of the key issues and provides detailed analyses of Eagleton's literary criticism. Alderson shows that the complex relations between nature, culture and ideology, body, subjectivity and authority are at the heart of Eagleton's ethical and political concerns. He goes on to demonstrate that these relations inform the theorist's critical examinations of such literary works as Wuthering Heights and The Merchant of Venice, and his treatment of W.B. Yeats and Oscar Wilde.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-350-31783-3 (9781350317833)
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David Alderson
Terry Eagleton
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03/2004
Red Globe Press
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DAVID ALDERSON is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Manchester.
Content
General Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Marxism, Culture and English Studies
Culture and Postmodernism
Marxism, Culture and Irish Studies
A Picture of Oscar Wilde?
Annotated Bibliography
Index.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Marxism, Culture and English Studies
Culture and Postmodernism
Marxism, Culture and Irish Studies
A Picture of Oscar Wilde?
Annotated Bibliography
Index.
