Ebook485 pages10 hours
Illusion and Reality: A Study of the Sources of Poetry
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
This book contains Christopher Caudwell’s 1937 treatise, “Illusion and Reality”. It is a work of Marxist literary criticism that develops the idea that each individual era of British poetry stems from a novel economical paradigm in bourgeois society. Christopher St John Sprigg (1907–1937), more commonly known by his pseudonym 'Christopher Caudwell', was a British Marxist poet and thinker. In early life, he made his way to Marxism and set about rethinking everything in light of it, from poetry to philosophy to physics, and became a staunch member of the 'Communist Party of Great Britain'. Many vintage texts such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Author
Christopher Caudwell
Christopher Caudwell was the pen name of Christopher St. John Sprigg, a self-taught polymath and active member of the Poplar Branch of the Communist Party. Caudwell was killed in action on February 12th 1937, and all his significant works on literature, aesthetics, philosophy, science, history, religion and many other topics were published posthumously. Caudwell remains an interesting and controversial figure in the history of British Marxism.
Related to Illusion and Reality
Related ebooks
Hegel's Preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPaper Minds: Literature and the Ecology of Consciousness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMatter and Memory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Untying Things Together: Philosophy, Literature, and a Life in Theory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dawn of Day by Friedrich Nietzsche - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe contract of mutual indifference: Political philosophy after the Holocaust Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFace/On: Face Transplants and the Ethics of the Other Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gale Researcher Guide for: Nathaniel Mackey and the New Musical Poetry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInceptions: Literary Beginnings and Contingencies of Form Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCommiserating with Devastated Things: Milan Kundera and the Entitlements of Thinking Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPosthuman Gothic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Justice Is Conflict Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tales of My Native Town Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHerland Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Society of the Spectacle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInterfaces of the Word: Studies in the Evolution of Consciousness and Culture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Crime and Custom in Savage Society: An Anthropological Study of Savagery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCritique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThinking of Others: On the Talent for Metaphor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Habermas and Giddens on Praxis and Modernity: A Constructive Comparison Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Subject of Freedom: Kant, Levinas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn Diaspora: Christianity, Religion, and Secularity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsParadox and Representation: Silenced Voices in the Narratives of Nakagami Kenji Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Essential Works of Henri Bergson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World of Dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSt. Paul Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Emma Goldman Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThree Lectures on Aesthetic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Literary Criticism For You
The Art of Seduction: by Robert Greene | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5One Hundred Years of Solitude: A Novel by Gabriel Garcia Márquez | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Power of Habit: by Charles Duhigg | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Speed Reading: How to Read a Book a Day - Simple Tricks to Explode Your Reading Speed and Comprehension Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/512 Rules For Life: by Jordan Peterson | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 48 Laws of Power: by Robert Greene | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Man's Search for Meaning: by Viktor E. Frankl | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Verity: by Colleen Hoover | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.by Brené Brown | Conversation Starters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Letters to a Young Poet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bad Feminist: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain | Conversation Starters Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Circe: by Madeline Miller | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As I Lay Dying Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5SUMMARY Of The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in Healthy Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Virtues Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago: The Authorized Abridgement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Reader’s Companion to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Illusion and Reality
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews