Responsible for introducing the Continental philosophical tradition to Britain, Terry Eagleton is the preeminent Marxist literary theorist. In this program, Eagleton begins with Marx’s critique of morality, then explicates Marxist theory, its interpretation of history, and its impact on literary criticism today. He then examines the British Marxist tradition in relation to British history and literature, and the birth of literary theory and cultural studies in the English-speaking world. (38 minutes)