{"product_id":"the-marxian-imagination-julian-markets-9781583670972","title":"The Marxian Imagination: Representing Class in Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Marxian Imagination\u003c\/b\u003e is a fresh and innovative recasting of Marxist literary theory and a powerful account of the ways class is represented in literary texts.\u003cbr\u003e Where earlier theorists have treated class as a fixed identity site, Markels sees class in more dynamic terms, as a process of accumulation involving many, often conflicting, sites of identity. Rather than examining the situations and characters explicitly identified in class terms, this makes it possible to see how racial and gender identities are caught up in the processes of accumulation that define class. Markels shows how a Marxian imagination is at work in a range of literary works, often written by non-Marxists.\u003cbr\u003e In a field notorious for its difficulty, \u003cb\u003eThe Marxian Imagination\u003c\/b\u003e is a remarkably accessible text. Its central arguments are constantly developed and tested against readings of important novels, ranging from Dickens's Hard Times to Barbara Kingsolver's Poisonwood Bible. It concludes with a telling critique of the work of the major Marxist literary theorists Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Markets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1583670971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781583670972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Monthly Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 5.94w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2004 pg. 1473","brand":"Julian Markets","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202976727295,"sku":"9781583670972","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3f3680f-cc38-4e20-848b-bd17bdcd96a1.jpg?v=1756833955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-marxian-imagination-julian-markets-9781583670972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}