Is Marx relevant any more? Why should we care what he wrote? What differencecould it make to our reading of literature? Terry Eagleton one of the foremostcritic... » 

Is Marx relevant any more? Why should we care what he wrote? What differencecould it make to our reading of literature? Terry Eagleton one of the foremostcritics of our generation has some answers in this wonderfully clear andreadable analysis. Sharp and concise it is without doubt the most importantwork on literary criticism that has emerged out of the tradition of Marxistphilosophy and social theory since the nineteenth century. «