Marxism and Literary Criticism

alienation argues artistic form artistic production audience Balzac Bertolt Brecht bourgeois theatre capitalism capitalist Caudwell Caudwell's character commitment complex concept concrete conflict consciousness contradiction culture determining dialectical dramatic economic base elements embodies Engels's English Marxist criticism epic Erwin Piscator essay essentially experience fact fiction form and content formalist Georg Lukács Georgy Plekhanov Goldmann grasp Greek Hegel historical conditions human ideas Illusion individual Left Review Lenin Leon Trotsky literary criticism literary form literary text Literature and Revolution London Lukács's Marx and Engels Marx's material means merely mirror mode of production nature object particular partisanship Pierre Macherey Plekhanov poem political position productive forces proletarian Proletkult question reality reflection relations between artist relationship reproduce reveals Russian Russian Formalism sense significant social product social relations socialist realism society Sociology of Literature stage structure techniques theory Tolstoy tradition transformation truth typical understanding vulgar Marxist Walter Benjamin whole world vision writer