Jameson at 90: A Verso Blog Series

Fredric Jameson turns 90 years old this month. To celebrate this milestone, we’re publishing a series of short essays focused on the major books in Jameson’s oeuvre.

Daniel Hartley on Sartre: The Origins of a Style (1961) – Unintimidated Languages

Christopher Breu discusses Marxism and Form (1971) – On Prophetic Form and the Whole Tangled, Dripping Mass of the Dialectic.

Matthew Beaumont on The Prison-House of Language (1972) – Intense Curiosity

Ian Buchanan on Fables of Aggression (1979) here

Philip E. Wegner on The Ideologies of Theory (1988/2008) – Deep Listening

Maria Elisa Cevasco on Political Unconscious (1981) – History is what hurts

Kristin Ross, Synchronic History

The whole series can be found here – recent additions [19 June 2024] include Alberto Toscano and Robert T. Tally Jr.