Against all authority : anarchism and the literary imagination / Jeff Shantz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shantz, Jeff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism in literature.

Political violence in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, UK ; New York : Imprint Academic, c2011.

Summary:

This volume examines historical and contemporary engagements of anarchism and literary production. Anarchists have used literary production to express opposition to values and relations characterizing advanced capitalist (and socialist) societies while also expressing key aspects of the alternative values and institutions proposed within anarchism. Among favoured themes are anarchist critiques of corporatization, prisons and patriarchal relations as well as explorations of developing anarchi...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Body matter; Introduction - Against all authority: Anarchism and the literary imagination; 1 - Writing the anarchist specter: of secret agents and men called Thursday; 2 - Beyond socialist realism; 3 - Anarchy against format; 4 - Intellectual proletarians; 5 - An in-between socialism? Reflections on Joyce's idiosyncratic politics; 6 - Beyond socialist realism: Anarchism and glocal concerns in the writings of Wole Soyinka; 7 - Novel utopias: Feminism and anarchism in the works of Ursula K. LeGuin

8 - Staging anarchy: Anarchism and drama 9 - DIY anarchy; 10 - Autoethnography: Writing an anarchist sociology?; Back matter; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-69245-7

1-84540-325-8

OCLC:

810083293