Understanding Marx, Understanding Modernism

Mark Steven is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth- and Twenty-first Century Literature at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of Red Modernism: American Poetry and the Spirit of Communism (2017) and Splatter Capital (2017).

Understanding Marx, Understanding Modernism provides the initiate and veteran scholar alike with an excellently curated selection of essays addressing the bound development of historical materialism and modernist cultural production. Both ecumenical and precise in their arguments and readings, the interventions in Understanding Marx, Understanding Modernism are indispensable contributions to the field of politics and art.

• Series PrefaceIntroduction: Modernist Marx, Marxist ModernismMark Steven, University of Exeter, UKPart 1 – Conceptualizing Marx1. Greek Ideology and Modern Politics in Marx's First WorksGiacomo Bianchino, City University of New York, USA2. Before the Manifesto: Märchen and the Impulse to ExorcismPeter Riley, Durham University, UK3. The Communist Manifesto and the Exhumation of LiteratureAlex Niven, Newcastle University, UK4. On France: Revolutions and CommunesOwen Holland, University of Oxford, UK5. Jupiter Against the Lightning-Rod: Literary Form in the Grundrisse Dominick Knowles, Brandeis University, USA6. The Voices of Capital: Poetics of Critique Beyond Sentiment and CynicismDaniel Hartley, Durham University, UK7. The Dialectics of Utopia: Critique of the Gotha ProgramRegenia Gagnier, University of Exeter, UK8. Posthumous Publications: Capitalism's Circuits and Reading for TotalityTreasa De Loughry, University College Dublin, Ireland, and Miles Link, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaPart 2 – Marx in Modernism9. Marx in the Modernist NovelJulian Murphet, University of Adelaide, Australia10. Marx and Modernist PoetryKristin Grogan, Rutgers University, USA11. Marx and CinemaAngelos Koutsourakis, University of Leeds, UK12. Theatrical ProletariansMichael Shane Boyle, Queen Mary University of London, UK 13. Marx, Music, ModernismSarah Collins, University of Western Australia14. Constructing Socialism: Marxism, Modernism, and Architecture Tyrus Miller, University of California, Irvine, USA15. Marx and Popular Modernism Esther Leslie, Birkbeck University of London, UKPart 3 – Glossary of Key Terms16. The CommodityJosh Jewell, University of Exeter, UK17. LaborVeronica Brownstone, University of Pennsylvania, USA18. ValueRory Dufficy, Australia and New Zealand School of Government19. MoneyMarina Vishmidt, University of London, UK20. The General Formula of CapitalAdam Morton, University of Sydney, Australia21. ClassElinor Taylor, University of Westminster, UK22. TechnologyTrevor Strunk, DeSales University, USA23. FamilyKate Montague, University of Exeter, UK 24. IdeologyHarry Warwick, University of Southampton, UK25. AlienationAna Tomcic, University of Exeter, UK26. MaterialismFiona Allen, University of Exeter, UK27. ColonizationPaul Young, University of Exeter, UK28. NatureMargaret Ronda, University of California, Davis, USA29. RevolutionColleen Lye, University of California, Berkeley, USA30 Communism Conall Cash, Cornell University, USA31. UtopiaCat Moir, University of Sydney, AustraliaNotes on ContributorsIndex