Formalism and Marxism (New accents)

Hardbound edition, published 1979 by Routledge, UK. From the inside jacket: "Formalism and Marxism examines the relationship between the work of the Russian Formalists and that of such contemporary Marxist critics as Macherey, Eagleton and Renée Balibar.... In Part One the author critically reviews the work of the Russian Formalists as exemplified by such writers as Shklovsky and Eichenbaum. These are placed in their historical context and it is argued that the Formalists were not so 'formalist' as has usually been supposed.... Part Two undertakes an examination of the Althusserian Marxist critics. It is shown that their work often resembles Russian Formalists while lacking many of its [sic] redeeming features.... Formalism and Marxism offers an alert and challenging commentary upon critical work currently being undertaken, in both France and Britain, which threatens the entire edifice of traditional literary criticism."