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vivizinha's review against another edition
4.0
Ótima introdução à alguns pontos importantes da crítica marxista na Literatura, o livro é curto, mas é possível aproveitar tudo o que o autor queria passar em termos das problemáticas envolvendo esse tipo de análise literária.
bluelilyblue's review
3.0
Very brief introduction in Marxist criticism; it provides, however, a solid headstart insofar as further reading is concerned.
baratats's review against another edition
2.0
cegamente trotskista. o autor também é obviamente partidário de brecht nas discordâncias com lukács - e por “obviamente” significa que ele dedica parágrafos a explicar e defender os pontos de vista brechtianos, enquanto passa por cima da obra lukactiana, que aparece apenas para ser negada na frase seguinte. não me incomodaria, não fosse o fato de que os outros autores são apresentados de maneira muito mais amigável e por se tratar de um livro bastante introdutório. melhor ler só a primeira metade.
tombomp's review
2.0
Decent summary of some strands of Marxist thought about literature. The last chapter, which is detailed and primarily about Brecht, is fascinating. Suffers from its length and its refusal to define what Marxist literary criticism *is* - it doesn't talk about anything past the Second World War, leaving a pretty huge gap. Refers often to what Marx/Engels/Lenin/Trotsky thought but doesn't really describe the details much at all. What he does describe leaves their thoughts sounding pretty basic - what I got from it is mostly "they thought literature should expose contradictions in society", but it's hedged with a lot of "but"s that don't really pin it down. This isn't to say it's not interesting or even good, but I don't feel much better informed about Marxist criticism in general, outside of the excellent stuff about Brecht's ideas.
alexanderp's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
3.25
A really dense primer on Marxist Criticism. I love Eagleton's writing a lot, but I believe this would have been better served on a lot of counts as a longer work. Looking forward to diving more into this field though.
primmiiee's review
3.0
3.5/5
A quick, informative read about Marxist criticism in literature. Significantly more informative than the Marxist chapters from introductory textbooks like Tyson's Critical Theory Today or Selden's A Reader's Guide. It's surprisingly easy to read too, took me just two or three sittings to get through, which is unusual with academic texts this long. Though I have to say, I wish it was more focused on the literary criticism part instead of explaining the history of Marxism itself, but still, not really a big deal.
A quick, informative read about Marxist criticism in literature. Significantly more informative than the Marxist chapters from introductory textbooks like Tyson's Critical Theory Today or Selden's A Reader's Guide. It's surprisingly easy to read too, took me just two or three sittings to get through, which is unusual with academic texts this long. Though I have to say, I wish it was more focused on the literary criticism part instead of explaining the history of Marxism itself, but still, not really a big deal.
d_delfs's review
3.0
A succinct and digestible outlining of reading literature through the lens of Marxist criticism.
Explains concepts like the relation between the material base of production and societal superstructures, and how literature can be a medium in this relationship. Shows different attempts by academics to provide solutions for the questions of the position of authors as laborers of sorts, and the relation of form and content in literature meant to advance society.
A good intro to complex topics and ideas, hard to read at times bc it’s political theory..
Explains concepts like the relation between the material base of production and societal superstructures, and how literature can be a medium in this relationship. Shows different attempts by academics to provide solutions for the questions of the position of authors as laborers of sorts, and the relation of form and content in literature meant to advance society.
A good intro to complex topics and ideas, hard to read at times bc it’s political theory..