Literature, politics and history a comment on E. P. Thompson’s work

Authors

  • Adriano Duarte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/artc-v23-n42-2021-61851

Keywords:

literature, history, marxism

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the ways in which the British Marxist historian E. P. Thompson approaches literature in his historiographic work. This implies reflecting on how the author thinks about the relationship between history as a discipline and literature. As expected, although Thompson does not explicitly mention it, his link to the materialist and dialectical tradition of art and literature studies is clear. Therefore, “form” and “content” compose a unitary relationship of mutual interdetermination and cannot in any way be understood separately. The study also identifies Thompson’s potential interlocutors and his sources of inspiration, in the sometimes unpeaceful relationship between the two areas. Finally, the study emphasizes how literature is perceived as a unique way of getting to know the world.

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Author Biography

Adriano Duarte

Doutor em História pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Professor na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), onde atua nos cursos de graduação e pós-graduação em História. Pesquisador do CNPq. Coorganizador, entre outros livros, de E. P. Thompson: política e paixão. Chapecó: Argos, 2012.

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Published

2021-06-23

How to Cite

Duarte, A. . (2021). Literature, politics and history a comment on E. P. Thompson’s work. ArtCultura, 23(42), 50–65. https://doi.org/10.14393/artc-v23-n42-2021-61851

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Section

Dossier: Social History of Literature