Politics Of Style

Daniel Hartley (Ph.D., 2014) studied at the University of Cardiff, the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen. He is currently Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds. He has published widely on Marxist theory and contemporary literature.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: MARXIST POETICS IN CONTEXT1. Why Marxism And Style?1.1. The Concept Of Style1.2. Epochal Political Conjuncture: Western Marxism And Beyond1.3. Intellectual Context: The British Anomaly1.4. Internal Debates: Types Of Marxist Criticism2. From State Censorship To The Poetry Of The Future: Style In The Marxist Tradition2.1. An Overview Of Marx’s Early Writings2.2. Style In Aristotle’s Rhetoric2.3. The Young Marx On Style And Censorship2.4. Marx After Buffon And Fichte2.5. Style And The Philosophy Of History2.6. The End Of Style?3. Mimesis From Plato To Ricoeur3.1. Mimesis In Plato And Aristotle3.2. On The Threefold Mimesis3.3. Historicizing The Threefold MimesisConclusionPART II: THEORIES OF STYLE IN WILLIAMS, EAGLETON AND JAMESONOverture: Patricide; Or, Reformism Versus RevolutionEagleton Contra WilliamsWilliams Strikes Back4. Style In Prose Fiction: A Preliminary Definition4.1. Style As A Social Relationship4.2. Narratology, Voice And Style4.3. A First Definition Of Style In Prose Fiction4.4. Possible Elaborations5. Raymond Williams: Style Between Immanence And Naturalism5.1. On Williams And Immanence5.2. Williams’s Multiple Approaches To The Problem Of StyleConclusionIntermezzo: Style And The Meaning Of ‘Politics’ And ‘Culture’Eagleton Contra JamesonJameson’s Reply6. Terry Eagleton: The Political Theology Of Style6.1. The Body As Language6.2. Leavis 2.0?6.3. The Close Reading Of Styles6.4. The Problems Of Stylistic Ideals6.5. Tragic Styles7. Fredric Jameson: Epic Poet Of Postmodernity1767.1. Narrative And Praxis7.2. Jameson As Epic Poet Of Postmodernity7.3. Jameson, The Epic Contemplator?7.4. Style And Modernity7.5. Postmodernity And The End Of Style7.6. Jameson’s Theory Of Style: A Balance-SheetCoda: New Styles For New Social RelationsPART III: STYLE IN MARXIST POETICS8. A General Marxist Theory Of Style8.1. Mimesis18.2. Mimesis28.3. Mimesis38.4. Poiesis And PraxisConclusionBibliographyIndex