The Function of Literature; A Study of Christopher Caudwell's Aesthetics

New York: International Publishers, 1969. 1st ed. Purple spined white octavo in archival mylar wrap; 128 pages 21 cm Foot of spine gently bumped; about a half dozen pages with inked underlining, else clean and tight. Dust jacket has very light foxing. Near fine in near fine jacket. Hardcover.

Contents: The background of Caudwell's writings -- The function of literature -- Freedom and the "bourgeois illusion" -- Function in Illusion and Reality -- Caudwell and Plekhanov --How art fulfills its function -- The immediate and future functions of literature.