Shakespeare's Influence on Karl Marx: The Shakespearean Roots of Marxism ¦ New

Name: Shakespeare's Influence on Karl Marx: The Shakespearean Roots of Marxism ¦ New
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This volume presents a close reading of instances of Shakespearean quotations, allusions, imagery and rhetoric found in Karl Marx\u2019s collected works and letters, which provides evidence that Shakespeare\u2019s writings exerted a formative influence on Marx and the development of his work. Through a methodology of intertextual and interlingual close-reading, this study provides evidence of the extent to which Shakespeare influenced Marx and to which Marxism has Shakespearean roots. As a child, Marx was home-schooled in Ludwig von Westphalen\u2019s little academy, as it were, which was Shakespeare- and literary-focused. The group included von Westphalen\u2019s daughter, who later became Marx\u2019s wife, Jenny. The influence of Shakespeare in Marx\u2019s writings shows up as early as his school essays and love letters. He modelled his early journalism partly on ideas and rhetoric found in Shakespeare\u2019s plays. Each turn in the development of Marx\u2019s thought\u2014from Romant.