With an exploration of the profound influence of Marxist ideas on the development of Cultural Studies in Britain, this volume covers a century of Marxist writing, balancing synoptic accounts of the various schools of Marxist thought with detailed analyses of the most important writers.
With an exploration of the profound influence of Marxist ideas on the development of Cultural Studies in Britain, this volume covers a century of Marx...
Whether as a fighter in the Spanish Civil War, an advocate of patriotic Socialism or a left-wing opponent of the Soviet Union, George Orwell was the ultimate outsider in politics-insecure, scornful of orthodoxies, and cussedly independent. Best known today as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell also wrote seven other full-length books and a vast number of essays, articles, and reviews. A pioneering cultural critic, he addressed a range of important issues including art, literature, "Englishness," mass communication, and the spectre of totalitarianism....
Whether as a fighter in the Spanish Civil War, an advocate of patriotic Socialism or a left-wing opponent of the Soviet Union, George Orwell was the u...