Politics And The Novel
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At the volatile intersection of ideology and imagination, Irving Howe's Politics and the Novel stands as one of the most penetrating works of literary criticism of the twentieth century, arguing that the political novel is not merely a vessel for doctrine but a battleground where ideas are tested against the messiness of human experience. Howe chronicles the ways in which novelists from Stendhal and Dostoevsky to Henry James and Joseph Conrad transformed political passion into enduring art, illustrating how the collision between personal conscience and historical forces gives the greatest fiction its electrifying moral tension. Written with the intellectual vigour of a critic who was himself deeply embedded in the political life of his era, Howe's prose is at once rigorous and compellingly readable, marshalling close textual analysis alongside sweeping historical argument. The work presents a vision of literature as inseparable from the societies that produce it, insisting that the novel's true power lies in its capacity to resist the very ideologies it inhabits. For anyone who has ever wondered why certain books feel not just important but urgent, this landmark study offers an answer that will permanently alter the way you read.
Author: Irving Howe
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961, Stevens & Sons Limited
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At the volatile intersection of ideology and imagination, Irving Howe's Politics and the Novel stands as one of the most penetrating works of literary criticism of the twentieth century, arguing that the political novel is not merely a vessel for doctrine but a battleground where ideas are tested against the messiness of human experience. Howe chronicles the ways in which novelists from Stendhal and Dostoevsky to Henry James and Joseph Conrad transformed political passion into enduring art, illustrating how the collision between personal conscience and historical forces gives the greatest fiction its electrifying moral tension. Written with the intellectual vigour of a critic who was himself deeply embedded in the political life of his era, Howe's prose is at once rigorous and compellingly readable, marshalling close textual analysis alongside sweeping historical argument. The work presents a vision of literature as inseparable from the societies that produce it, insisting that the novel's true power lies in its capacity to resist the very ideologies it inhabits. For anyone who has ever wondered why certain books feel not just important but urgent, this landmark study offers an answer that will permanently alter the way you read.