Marxism and Form : 20th-Century Dialectical Theories of Literature / Fredric Jameson, Sianne Ngai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jameson, Fredric, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press, [2026]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An influential introduction to Marxist cultural criticism by the acclaimed literary theorist In Marxism and Form , Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, offers a pioneering look at major European Marxist and Frankfurt School thinkers—Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Bloch, Lukács, and Sartre. Through penetrating readings, Jameson develops an influential mode of critical engagement that places art and culture at the heart of Marxist theory. The result lays the foundations for the entirety of Jameson’s monumental critical project—and remains a timely and vital work of aesthetic criticism for readers today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Foreword / Sianne Ngai

Preface

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER ONE T. W. Adorno; or, Historical Tropes

CHAPTER Two Versions of a Marxist Hermeneutic

CHAPTER THREE The Case for Georg Lukács

CHAPTER FOUR Sartre and History

CHAPTER FIVE Towards Dialectical Criticism

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed August 05 2026)

ISBN:

9780691278186