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Book SynopsisThe selected writings of 1930s author Christopher Caudwell, a Marxist writer of extraordinary brilliance
Trade Review'It is not difficult to see Caudwell as a phenomenon - as an extraordinary shooting-star crossing England's empirical night' -- E. P. Thompson
'The selection of writings presented here does justice to the richness of Caudwell's thought, and will introduce a whole new generation of readers to this remarkable thinker' -- Anindya Raychaudhuri, School of English, University of St Andrews
'A revealing set of texts by the most important British Marxist cultural critic before World War II, meticulously and lovingly edited by the greatest contemporary expert in the field. Indispensable' -- Edith Hall, Professor of Classics, King's College University of London
Christopher Caudwell was a brief and breathtakingly brilliant presence in the world ... I commend Pluto for publishing these new editions and bringing Caudwell to the attention of new audiences' -- Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Studies in a Dying Culture
1. D. H. Lawrence: A Study of the Bourgeois Artist
2. Freud: A Study in Bourgeois Psychology
3. Liberty: A Study in Bourgeois Illusion
Part II: Illusion and Reality
4. The Birth of Poetry
5. The Death of Mythology
6. The Development of Modern Poetry
7. English Poets I: The Period of Primitive Accumulation
8. English Poets II: The Industrial Revolution
9. English Poets III: The Decline of Capitalism
10. The World and the ‘I’
Part III: 'Heredity and Development'
11. Heredity and Development: A Study of Bourgeois Biology
Notes
Works Cited
Index
