Myths of Power: A Marxist Study of the Brontës

di T. Eagleton (Autore)

Palgrave USA, 2005

Myths of Power - Anniversary Edition sets out to interpret the fiction of the Brontë sisters in light of a Marxist analysis of the historical conditions in which it was produced. Its aim is not merely to relate literary facts, but by a close critical examination of the novels, to find in them a significant structure of ideas and values which related to the Brontës' ambiguous situation within the class-system of their society. Its intention is to forge close relations between the novels, nineteenth-century ideology, and historical forces, in order to illuminate the novels themselves in a radically new perspective. When originally published in 1975 (second edition in 1988), it was the first full-length Marxist study of the Brontës and is now reissued to celebrate 30 years since its first publication. It includes a new Introduction by Terry Eagleton which reflects on the changes which have happened in Marxist literary criticism since 1988, and situates this reissue of the second edition in current debates.

• Autore: T. Eagleton
• Editore: Palgrave USA
• Anno: 2005
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 148 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• EAN: 9781403946973

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