Class

Hardback

Main Details

Title Class
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gary Day
SeriesThe New Critical Idiom
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
ISBN/Barcode 9780415182225
ClassificationsDewey:305.5
Audience
Undergraduate
Professional & Vocational
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations black & white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 26 April 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book traces the phenomenon of class from the medieval to the postmodern period, uniquely examining its relevance to literary and cultural analysis. Drawing on historical, sociological and literary writings, Gary Day: * gives an account of class at different historical moments * shows the role of class in literary constructions of the social * examines the complex relations between 'class' and 'culture' * focuses attention on the role of class in constructions of 'the literary' and 'the canon' * employs a revived and revised notion of class to critique recent theoretical movements.

Reviews

..."a signal achievement."-Terry Eagleton, THES "Serve[s] well as overview for students needing basic information or as core texts for seminars on Marxist/materialist analysis. .explains and interrogates thoroughly nineteenth-century belief systems as well as recent critical moves."-Victorian Poetry