Weapons of criticism
Subtitle: Marxism in America and the literary tradition
By: edited by Norman Rudich.
Contributors: Rudich, Norman.
Publisher: Ramparts Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Palo Alto, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
Subjects: Literature, Modern -- History and criticism; Marxist criticism -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rudich, N. Preface.; title: Rudich, N. Introduction.; title: Criticism in history : Jameson, F. Criticism in history. Finkelstein, S. Beauty and truth. LeRoy, G.C. Literary study and political activism. Stratman, D.G. Culture and the tasks of criticism. Baxandall, L. Literature and ideology. Robinson, L.S. Criticism and self-criticism. San Juan, E., Jr. Art against imperialism, for the national liberation struggle of Third World peoples.; title: Literature in history : Siegel, P.N. Falstaff and his social milieu. Delany, S. Sex and politics in Pope's "Rape of the lock." Whitehead, F. William Blake and radical tradition. Rudich, N. Coleridge's "Kabia Khan." Rudich, L. Balzac and Marx. Harap, L. Poe and Dostoevsky. Franklin, H.B. Herman Melville, artist of the worker's world. Rubinstein, A.T. Henry James, American novelist; or, Isabel Archer, Emerson's grand-daughter. Zelnick, S. The incest theme in The Great Gatsby. Suvin, D. Brecht's Caucasian chalk circle and Marxist figuralism. Fuyet, H. et al. Decolonization and social classes in The tragedy of King Christophe by Aime Cesaire.