Culture as politics : selected writings of Christopher Caudwell / edited by David Margolies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caudwell, Christopher, author.

Contributor:

Margolies, David, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

Social history.

History, Modern--20th century.

History, Modern.

Biology.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, 2018.

Summary:

The foremost collection of essays from one of Britain's most important 20th century Marxist writers Considered by many to be the most innovative British Marxist writer of the twentieth century, Christopher Caudwell was killed in the Spanish Civil War at the age of 29.

Contents:

Cover

Culture as Politics

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

PART I: STUDIES IN A DYING CULTURE

Introduction to Studies in a Dying Culture

1. D. H. Lawrence: A Study of the Bourgeois Artist

2. Freud: A Study in Bourgeois Psychology

3. Liberty: A Study in Bourgeois Illusion

PART II: ILLUSION AND REALITY

Introduction to Illusion and Reality

4. The Birth of Poetry

5. The Death of Mythology

6. The Development of Modern Poetry

7. English Poets I: The Period of Primitive Accumulation

8. English Poets II: The Industrial Revolution

9. English Poets III: The Decline of Capitalism The Movement of Bourgeois Poetry

10. The World and the 'I'

PART III: 'HEREDITY AND DEVELOPMENT'

Introduction to 'Heredity and Development'

11. Heredity and Development: A Study of Bourgeois Biology

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 22, 2018).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-58367-689-9

OCLC:

1027476925