Christopher Caudwell: Towards a Dialectical Theory of LiteratureChristopher Caudwell was only twenty-nine when he was killed in action in February 1937 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Largely unknown at the time of his death, his reputation has been established subsequently as one of the most original English cultural critics of the Twentieth century. |
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... Christopher Caudwell . " ) Hence there is a pressing need for an updated exposition and analysis of Caudwell's ideas , which can perform the dual function of introducing him to a wider readership as well as surveying the entire corpus ...
... Christopher Caudwell . " ) Hence there is a pressing need for an updated exposition and analysis of Caudwell's ideas , which can perform the dual function of introducing him to a wider readership as well as surveying the entire corpus ...
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... Christopher Caudwell , Poems ( London , 1939 ) pp . 7-10 . Bernal , J. D. , The ' Caudwell Discussion ' , Modern Quarterly , vol . vi , no . 4 ( autumn 1951 ) pp . 346-50 . Browne , P. , ' An Unclaimed Legacy : Caudwell's Marxist ...
... Christopher Caudwell , Poems ( London , 1939 ) pp . 7-10 . Bernal , J. D. , The ' Caudwell Discussion ' , Modern Quarterly , vol . vi , no . 4 ( autumn 1951 ) pp . 346-50 . Browne , P. , ' An Unclaimed Legacy : Caudwell's Marxist ...
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... Christopher Caudwell . An Introduction to His Life and Work , Ph.D. thesis ( Columbia University , USA , 1968 ) . Mulhern , F. , ' The Marxist Aesthetics of Christopher Caudwell ' , New Left Review , no . 85 ( May / Jun . 1974 ) pp . 37 ...
... Christopher Caudwell . An Introduction to His Life and Work , Ph.D. thesis ( Columbia University , USA , 1968 ) . Mulhern , F. , ' The Marxist Aesthetics of Christopher Caudwell ' , New Left Review , no . 85 ( May / Jun . 1974 ) pp . 37 ...
Contents
The Journey to Commitment | 7 |
Caudwells Functionalist Theory of Art | 24 |
The Origins | 39 |
Copyright | |
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