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A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters of Antonio Gramsci (1908-1926)
Antonio Gramsci
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Description for A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters of Antonio Gramsci (1908-1926)
Paperback. There are approximately 200 letters, including some newly found and published for the first time in this volume. The collection begins with the letters that the young Gramsci sent back to his family when he was a student in Cagliari and ends with the last letter he wrote before his arrest in 1926. Editor(s): Boothman, Derek. Translator(s): Boothman, Derek. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
This edition of letters by Antonio Gramsci vividly evokes the 'great and terrible world' in which he lived, a description he used a number of times in his correspondence. The letters show Gramsci beginning to form the theoretical concepts that come to fuller fruition in the Prison Notebooks, but they also give an essential and rounded picture of Gramsci's development, politically, intellectually and emotionally - the latter especially through letters to his family and wife. Broadly speaking, the letters are of three types: early letters to Gramsci's family; overtly political letters from Turin, Moscow, Vienna, and Rome; and ... Read more
This edition of letters by Antonio Gramsci vividly evokes the 'great and terrible world' in which he lived, a description he used a number of times in his correspondence. The letters show Gramsci beginning to form the theoretical concepts that come to fuller fruition in the Prison Notebooks, but they also give an essential and rounded picture of Gramsci's development, politically, intellectually and emotionally - the latter especially through letters to his family and wife. Broadly speaking, the letters are of three types: early letters to Gramsci's family; overtly political letters from Turin, Moscow, Vienna, and Rome; and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
418
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907103964
SKU
V9781907103964
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Reviews for A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters of Antonio Gramsci (1908-1926)
'This collection of Gramsci's early correspondence provides new insight into his life and work. Through these letters, we follow the development of Gramsci's own thought and his involvement with the international communist movement. This book will prove an indispensable resource, not only to Gramsci scholars, but to anyone interested in the history of the left more widely.' Mark Fisher, author ... Read more