S.S. Prawer

"A landmark in comparative literature in Britain."—George Steiner, Sunday Times. "Very few men," said Bakunin, «have read as much, and, it may be added, have read as intelligently, as M. Marx.» S. S. Prawer's highly influential work explores how the world of imaginative literature—poems, novels, plays—infused and shaped Marx's writings, from his unpublished correspondence, to his pamphlets and major works. In exploring Marx's use of literary texts, from Aeschylus to...