Building on the work of Raymond Williams, Terry Eagleton and Fredric Jameson, Hartley delineates the historical and conceptual preconditions for the emergence of a politics of style', and uncovers an underground current of stylistics within the Marxist tradition from Marx to Barthes. Sets out an independent and ambitious theory of style as a foundational element of a new Marxist poetics.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: MARXIST POETICS IN CONTEXT
1. Why Marxism And Style?
1.1. The Concept Of Style
1.2. Epochal Political Conjuncture: Western Marxism And Beyond
1.3. Intellectual Context: The British Anomaly
1.4. Internal Debates: Types Of Marxist Criticism
2. From State Censorship To The Poetry Of The Future: Style In The Marxist Tradition
2.1. An Overview Of Marx's Early Writings
2.2. Style In Aristotle's Rhetoric
2.3. The Young Marx On Style And Censorship
2.4. Marx After Buffon And Fichte
2.5. Style And The Philosophy Of History
2.6. The End Of Style?
3. Mimesis From Plato To Ricoeur
3.1. Mimesis In Plato And Aristotle
3.2. On The Threefold Mimesis
3.3. Historicizing The Threefold Mimesis
Conclusion
PART II: THEORIES OF STYLE IN WILLIAMS, EAGLETON AND JAMESON
Overture: Patricide; Or, Reformism Versus Revolution
Eagleton Contra Williams
Williams Strikes Back
4. Style In Prose Fiction: A Preliminary Definition
4.1. Style As A Social Relationship
4.2. Narratology, Voice And Style
4.3. A First Definition Of Style In Prose Fiction
4.4. Possible Elaborations
5. Raymond Williams: Style Between Immanence And Naturalism
5.1. On Williams And Immanence
5.2. Williams's Multiple Approaches To The Problem Of Style
Conclusion
Intermezzo: Style And The Meaning Of 'Politics' And 'Culture'
Eagleton Contra Jameson
Jameson's Reply
6. Terry Eagleton: The Political Theology Of Style
6.1. The Body As Language
6.2. Leavis 2.0?
6.3. The Close Reading Of Styles
6.4. The Problems Of Stylistic Ideals
6.5. Tragic Styles
7. Fredric Jameson: Epic Poet Of Postmodernity 176
7.1. Narrative And Praxis
7.2. Jameson As Epic Poet Of Postmodernity
7.3. Jameson, The Epic Contemplator?
7.4. Style And Modernity
7.5. Postmodernity And The End Of Style
7.6. Jameson's Theory Of Style: A Balance-Sheet
Coda: New Styles For New Social Relations
PART III: STYLE IN MARXIST POETICS
8. A General Marxist Theory Of Style
8.1. Mimesis1
8.2. Mimesis2
8.3. Mimesis3
8.4. Poiesis And Praxis
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
