Marx, Karl / Engels, Frederick.

Literature and Art. Selections from their Writings.

New York, International Publishers, 1947. 14.2 cm x 20.2 cm. 154 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing and discolouration to edging, pastedown enpapers and endpapers. Some pencil annotations. Minor fraying to dustjacket. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard. Signed by previous owner Erik Haugaard.

Includes for example the following chapters: The Role of Labor in the Origin of Art / The Great Century of German Literature / Art in Capitalist Society: The All-Revolutionizing Power of Money / Realism in Art: Realism and the Novel / Socialist Humanism / Literary History: Alexander Jung and “Young Germany” / On Shelley and Byron / On Goethe etc.

The appendix also includes three short excerpts by Laefargue, Liebknecht and Mehring, “confessions” by Karl Marx and biographical sketches.

• Keywords: Art and Society · Catalogue Twelve – Philosophy · Literary Analysis · Literary Criticism · Literary Criticism – Rare · Literary History · Literary Interpretation · Literature Analysis and Criticism · Marxism · Political Criticism – Rare · Theories of Knowledge
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200199AB

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