The Critic's Task: An Interview with Eagleton

This interview, which reveals both Terry Eagleton's life and the development of his thoughts, contains in-depth discussions that will attract the attention of those interested not only in literary theory but also in culture, history of thought, sociology and Marxism. The Duty of the Critic shows how Terry Eagleton's ideas and experiences feed each other in almost every field he focuses on, from politics to literature, from ethics to aesthetics.

As a literary critic but also a political figure, Eagleton's words declare that criticism and contemporary politics cannot be separated; The path he follows coincides with the role he assigns to the critic: “I think the task of the socialist critic is not just to explain the Marxist features of Henry James, and we should always keep the goal of hope for liberation somewhere in our minds. In this context, the real duty of the critic is towards the future.”

The Task of the Critic is an invaluable key book to understand and evaluate Eagleton's works and to rethink the concepts he proposes to interpret both literature and the world...

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 352

Size: 13 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1st Edition