Marxist Literary Theory: A Reader is designed to give both students and lecturers a sense of the historical formation of a Marxist literary tradition. A unique compilation of principal texts in that tradition, it offers the reader new ways of reading Marxism, literature, theory, and the social possibilities of writing.
Represented in this reader are: Theodor W. Adorno, Louis Althusser, Aijaz Ahmad, Chida Amuta, Etienne Balibar and Pierre Macherey, Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin, Ernest Bloch, Bertolt Brecht, Alex Callinicos, Christopher Caudwell, Terry Eagleton, Friedrich Engels, Lucien...

This anthology presents a series of texts in which major twentieth-century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors.

• Presents a series of texts in which major twentieth-century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors.


• Offers an innovative way into understanding modern critical thought.


• Spans the period from Marx to the present day.


• A conversation of ideas emerges between one generation and the next.


• Editorial material defines key terms and maps out...

This anthology presents a series of texts in which major twentieth-century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors.

• Presents a series of texts in which major twentieth-century thinkers engage in dialogue with their predecessors.


• Offers an innovative way into understanding modern critical thought.


• Spans the period from Marx to the present day.


• A conversation of ideas emerges between one generation and the next.


• Editorial material defines key terms and maps out...