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- The first booklength account of the work of the leading marxist cultural theorist of our time
Provides discussions of Eagleton's marxism, his engagements with postmodernism and psychoanalysis, and his interventions in Irish Studies
Features analysis of the theorists critical treatment of Wuthering Heights, The Merchant of Venice, Yeats and Oscar Wilde
Part of the book series: Transitions (TRANSs)
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Each of the chapters in this important intervention in current theoretical debates offers accessible contextualization of the key issues and provides detailed analyses of Eagleton's literary criticism. Alderson shows that the complex relations between nature, culture and ideology, body, subjectivity and authority are at the heart of Eagleton's ethical and political concerns. He goes on to demonstrate that these relations inform the theorist's critical examinations of such literary works as Wuthering Heights and The Merchant of Venice, and his treatment of W. B. Yeats and Oscar Wilde.
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Book Title: Terry Eagleton
Authors: David Alderson
Series Title: Transitions
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-80180-6
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 179
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Literary Theory