Category Archives: Fredric Jameson

Perry Anderson on the historical novel

Fairly interesting piece in the London Review of Books – discussing the differences between Lukács and Jameson’s Marxist accounts of the historical novel and examples such as Tolstoy, Scott, Lampedusa and Dumas.

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Fredric Jameson on The Wire

Fredric Jameson, “Realism and Utopia in The Wire”, Criticism, Vol 52, No 3-4, Summer/Fall 2010, pp. 359-372 – find it here (and it appears to be freely available). Thanks to Oliver Belcher for the link.

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Writing rhythm and summer reading

I have been getting into a good writing rhythm since I got back from Amsterdam, with a dedicated two hour slot each day when I write with no distractions, followed by the rest of the day on editorial work, other … Continue reading

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