Our recent publication of Marx’s Literary Style has us reflecting on some of the other great works of Literary Theory that we’ve published over the years. It inspired us to make this reading list, loaded with key texts from writers like Fredric James, Valery Podoroga, Oscar Wilde, and others that will pair nicely with our publication of Ludovico Silva’s wonderful analysis.
"David Harvey has done yeoman’s work [...] by explicating as simply and clearly as possible this preparatory text, in his typically sober and no-nonsense style." – Sebastian Budgen, Editor.
"Reading and editing this book changed the way I think about work, emotion, friendship, and gender, perhaps that will give you an idea of why you should." – Rosie Warren, Editor.
"It’s so satisfying when an email like that arrives, like a thirty-year burden of guilt and shame at not having published this book in English being thrown off in a few lines" – Sebastian Budgen, Editorial Director.
In this excerpt from Images of Class, Jacopo Galimberti discusses interaction between artists and operaismo and autonomia, as well as the debate around "a turn to aesthetics."