Into the Melee - Culture/politics/intellectuals

The literary criticism of Francis Mulhern, author of The Moment of ‘Scrutiny’ and Culture/Metaculture

List of contents

Preface

English Reading
Some Irish Questions
Society as Nation as Culture
Britain after Nairn
Conradian Histories
i. Telling Tales
ii. Figures of Disavowal
iii. Fascinations
Intellectual Identities
i. Teachers, Writers, Celebrities
ii. Into the Mêlée
Burke’s Way
Afterlives of the Commune
Forever Orwell
Good Sense and Sensibility
William Empson, Nonesuch
About Roberto Schwarz
Hobsbawm’s End Times
Caution, Metaphors at Work
A Party of Latecomers

About the author

Francis Mulhern (born 1952) comes from Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. He was educated at University College Dublin and the University of Cambridge. His books include The Moment of 'Scrutiny' and Culture/Metaculture. He is Associate Editor of New Left Review.

Summary

The literary criticism of Francis Mulhern, author of The Moment of 'Scrutiny' and Culture/Metaculture

Product details

• Authors: Francis Mulhern, Mulhern Francis
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2024
• EAN: 9781804293348
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-334-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Sociology, Cultural Studies, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Literary essays, Marxism & Communism