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Understanding Marx, Understanding Modernism by Dr. Mark Steven (Lecturer in 20th and 21st Century Literature, University of Exeter, UK)

A concentrated study of the relationships between modernism and transformative left utopianism, this volume provides an introduction to Marx and Marxism for modernists, and an introduction to modernism for Marxists. Its guiding hypothesis is that Marx's writing absorbed the lessons of artistic and cultural modernity as much as his legacy concretely shaped modernism across multiple media.

Understanding Marx, Understanding Modernism Reviews

Understanding Marx, Understanding Modernism provides the initiate and veteran scholar alike with an excellently curated selection of essays addressing the bound development of historical materialism and modernist cultural production. Both ecumenical and precise in their arguments and readings, the interventions in Understanding Marx, Understanding Modernism are indispensable contributions to the field of politics and art. * Ruth Jennison, Associate Professor of English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA *
Sidestepping dogmatic readings of Marx and formalist modes of modernist studies, this thoughtfully arranged volume expands and clarifies a growing collective understanding of what Marxism and literature have to do with each other. Deeply knowledgeable and finely argued, the essays collected here not only provide support and explication for students of Marxism and modernism, but also draw on new and submerged understandings of Marx's work to outline the capaciousness of Marxian methods for scholars of literature and culture. * Amy De'Ath, Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory, King's College London, UK *
This discerningly assembled volume offers a coherent yet never monolithic picture of what Marx meant, and did not mean, to modernist practitioners across the arts. It also illuminates pressures and presences in Marx's writings ranging from Epicurean philosophy to the fortunes of the Paris Commune and clarifies key Marxian terms in glosses as precise as they are economical. The component entries stand on their own, but those who read from beginning to end will be rewarded with a deepened sense of how literariness, theory, and history interfused in key writings and movements in the arts before and after 1900. * Douglas Mao, Russ Family Professor in the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University, USA *

About Dr. Mark Steven (Lecturer in 20th and 21st Century Literature, University of Exeter, UK)

Mark Steven is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth- and Twenty-first Century Literature at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of Red Modernism: American Poetry and the Spirit of Communism (2017) and Splatter Capital (2017).

Table of Contents

Series Preface Introduction: Modernist Marx, Marxist Modernism Mark Steven, University of Exeter, UK Part 1 - Conceptualizing Marx 1. Greek Ideology and Modern Politics in Marx's First Works Giacomo Bianchino, City University of New York, USA 2. Before the Manifesto: Marchen and the Impulse to Exorcism Peter Riley, Durham University, UK 3. The Communist Manifesto and the Exhumation of Literature Alex Niven, Newcastle University, UK 4. On France: Revolutions and Communes Owen Holland, University of Oxford, UK 5. Jupiter Against the Lightning-Rod: Literary Form in the Grundrisse Dominick Knowles, Brandeis University, USA 6. The Voices of Capital: Poetics of Critique Beyond Sentiment and Cynicism Daniel Hartley, Durham University, UK 7. The Dialectics of Utopia: Critique of the Gotha Program Regenia Gagnier, University of Exeter, UK 8. Posthumous Publications: Capitalism's Circuits and Reading for Totality Treasa De Loughry, University College Dublin, Ireland, and Miles Link, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Part 2 - Marx in Modernism 9. Marx in the Modernist Novel Julian Murphet, University of Adelaide, Australia 10. Marx and Modernist Poetry Kristin Grogan, Rutgers University, USA 11. Marx and Cinema Angelos Koutsourakis, University of Leeds, UK 12. Theatrical Proletarians Michael Shane Boyle, Queen Mary University of London, UK 13. Marx, Music, Modernism Sarah Collins, University of Western Australia 14. Constructing Socialism: Marxism, Modernism, and Architecture Tyrus Miller, University of California, Irvine, USA 15. Marx and Popular Modernism Esther Leslie, Birkbeck University of London, UK Part 3 - Glossary of Key Terms 16. The Commodity Josh Jewell, University of Exeter, UK 17. Labor Veronica Brownstone, University of Pennsylvania, USA 18. Value Rory Dufficy, Australia and New Zealand School of Government 19. Money Marina Vishmidt, University of London, UK 20. The General Formula of Capital Adam Morton, University of Sydney, Australia 21. Class Elinor Taylor, University of Westminster, UK 22. Technology Trevor Strunk, DeSales University, USA 23. Family Kate Montague, University of Exeter, UK 24. Ideology Harry Warwick, University of Southampton, UK 25. Alienation Ana Tomcic, University of Exeter, UK 26. Materialism Fiona Allen, University of Exeter, UK 27. Colonization Paul Young, University of Exeter, UK 28. Nature Margaret Ronda, University of California, Davis, USA 29. Revolution Colleen Lye, University of California, Berkeley, USA 30 Communism Conall Cash, Cornell University, USA 31. Utopia Cat Moir, University of Sydney, Australia Notes on Contributors Index

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NLS9781501372308
9781501372308
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Understanding Marx, Understanding Modernism by Dr. Mark Steven (Lecturer in 20th and 21st Century Literature, University of Exeter, UK)
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2022-07-28
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