The Ideology of the Aesthetic

Name: The Ideology of the Aesthetic
Author: Terry Eagleton

by Terry Eagleton

Eagleton's historical study of aesthetics as ideology, tracing beauty's political uses from 18th century onward

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Terry Eagleton

British Marxist literary critic whose Literary Theory: An Introduction became the most read introduction to literary theory in the world. The Ideology of the Aesthetic examined the political dimensions of aesthetic thought. He is the most combative defender of the Marxist tradition in contemporary literary studies.

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