{"product_id":"revolutionary-subjects-isbn-9781804297278","title":"Revolutionary Subjects","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe literary history of radical selfhood across borders and centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat do novels reveal about how radical selves are made?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKohlmann traces two centuries of literature shaped by emancipatory and internationalist commitments, charting the evolution of “red” world writing and the aesthetic forms that carry its politics. At the center is the radical \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e, which rewrites dominant ideas of personal development. From Sartre’s \u003ci\u003eRoads to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e to Ding Ling’s \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Shines Over Sanggan River\u003c\/i\u003e, these works imagine the self through collective struggle and global solidarity.Introduction: World Literature and the Work of Revolution\u003cbr\u003e1. The Left Bildungsroman’s Early History: Genre at Modernity’s Periphery\u003cbr\u003e2. Educating the Educator: The Radical Bildungsroman and the Problem of Second Bildung\u003cbr\u003e3. “Knowledge in Struggle”: Collective Formation and Revolutionary Pedagogy\u003cbr\u003e4. No Home but the Struggle: The Left Bildungsroman and the Formlessness of History\u003cbr\u003eCodaBenjamin Kohlmann is Professor of English at the University of Regensburg (Germany), working on the relationship between literature and politics. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCommitted Styles: Modernism, Politics, and Left-Wing Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBritish Literature and the Life of Institutions: Speculative States\u003c\/i\u003e. He co-founded and co-edits the book series \u003ci\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Politics \u003c\/i\u003eat Oxford University Press.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233514795237,"sku":"NP9781804297278","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804297278.jpg?v=1773176979","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/revolutionary-subjects-isbn-9781804297278","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}