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Terry Eagleton is one of the most influential contemporary literarytheorists and critics. His diverse body of work has been crucial todevelopments in cultural theory and literary critical practice inmodern times, and for a generation of humanities students hiswriting has been a source of both provocation and enjoyment.
This book undertakes a lucid and detailed analysis of Eagleton'soeuvre. It gives close attention to the full range of Eagleton'smajor publications, examining their arguments and implications, aswell as how they have intervened in wider debates in culturaltheory. It also investigates his less familiar works, such as hisearly writing on the Catholic left, as well as other as yetunpublished material, showing how these works can be understoodalongside the more prominent areas of his thought.
Through this, this book offers a cohesive overview of Eagleton'scareer to date, tracing the development of his theoreticalpositions, and an assessment of Eagleton's wider contributions tofields such as Marxist literary criticism and cultural theory. Itwill be essential reading for students of literary criticism,cultural theory, and intellectual history.
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This book undertakes a lucid and detailed analysis of Eagleton'soeuvre. It gives close attention to the full range of Eagleton'smajor publications, examining their arguments and implications, aswell as how they have intervened in wider debates in culturaltheory. It also investigates his less familiar works, such as hisearly writing on the Catholic left, as well as other as yetunpublished material, showing how these works can be understoodalongside the more prominent areas of his thought.
Through this, this book offers a cohesive overview of Eagleton'scareer to date, tracing the development of his theoreticalpositions, and an assessment of Eagleton's wider contributions tofields such as Marxist literary criticism and cultural theory. Itwill be essential reading for students of literary criticism,cultural theory, and intellectual history.
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List of abbreviations viii
Introduction 1
1 Eagleton and the Catholic Left 9
2 From Williams to Althusser: Eagleton's Early LiteraryCriticism 32
3 The Critic as Azdak: Eagleton in the 1980s 59
4 The Ideology of the Postmodern 93
5 Nationalism, Socialism, and Ireland 117
6 The Full Circle? 140
Notes 168
Index 183
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