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oapen-20.500.12657-308662024-03-25T09:51:43Z Working-Class Literature(s) Nilsson, Magnus Lennon, John working-class literature marxist theory working-class politics comparative literature literary theory literary history Finland Note (typography) Proletarian literature Proletariat Sweden thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFC Far-left political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFF Left-of-centre democratic ideologies "The aim of this collection is to make possible the forging of a more robust, politically useful, and theoretically elaborate understanding of working-class literature(s). These essays map a substantial terrain: the history of working-class literature(s) in Russia/The Soviet Union, The USA, Finland, Sweden, The UK, and Mexico. Together they give a complex and comparative – albeit far from comprehensive – picture of working-class literature(s) from an international perspective, without losing sight of national specificities. By capturing a wide range of definitions and literatures, this collection gives a broad and rich picture of the many-facetted phenomenon of working-class literature(s), disrupts narrow understandings of the concept and phenomenon, as well as identifies and discusses some of the most important theoretical and historical questions brought to the fore by the study of this literature. If read as stand-alone chapters, each contribution gives an overview of the history and research of a particular nation’s working-class literature. If read as an edited collection (which we hope you do), they contribute toward a more complex understanding of the global phenomenon of working-class literature(s)." 2018-01-08 23:55 2017-12-01 23:55:55 2018-01-08 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:16:11Z 2020-04-01T13:16:11Z 2017 book 641511 OCN: 1030817153 9789176350485;9789176350492;9789176350508 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30866 eng application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 641511.pdf https://doi.org/10.16993/bam Stockholm University Press 10.16993/bam 10.16993/bam 8137467e-e537-45b2-b1c8-94fc2574b729 9789176350485;9789176350492;9789176350508 248 open access
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"The aim of this collection is to make possible the forging of a more robust, politically useful, and theoretically elaborate understanding of working-class literature(s). These essays map a substantial terrain: the history of working-class literature(s) in Russia/The Soviet Union, The USA, Finland, Sweden, The UK, and Mexico. Together they give a complex and comparative – albeit far from comprehensive – picture of working-class literature(s) from an international perspective, without losing sight of national specificities.
By capturing a wide range of definitions and literatures, this collection gives a broad and rich picture of the many-facetted phenomenon of working-class literature(s), disrupts narrow understandings of the concept and phenomenon, as well as identifies and discusses some of the most important theoretical and historical questions brought to the fore by the study of this literature.
If read as stand-alone chapters, each contribution gives an overview of the history and research of a particular nation’s working-class literature. If read as an edited collection (which we hope you do), they contribute toward a more complex understanding of the global phenomenon of working-class literature(s)."
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