The Resurrection of the Spectre : A Marxist Analysis of Race, Class and Alienation in Post-War British Novel.

Chapter I: Marxism and Class; 1. In Defence of Marxism; 2. The Concept of Class from Capitalism to Neo-Capitalism; 2.1. What is Class?; 2.2. Different Class Models After Marx; Chapter II: Alienation; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Hegelian Alienation; 1.2. Feuerbach and Alienation; 1.3. Karl Marx and The Concept of Alienation; 1.3.1. The Conception of Human Nature; 1.3.2. Marxist Alienation; 1.3.3. Division of Labour; 1.3.4. Commodity Fetishism; 1.4. Melvin Seeman and The Theory of Alienation; Chapter III: Alan Sillitoe; 1. The Dichotomy of 'Them' and 'Us'

2. Alienation and Escape MechanismsChapter IV: Sam Selvon; 1. Form and Language; 2. Class and Race; 3. Racism, Alienation and Victimisation; Chapter V: Doris Lessing; 1. The Role of the Left-Wing Writer in a Mid-Fifties Communist Milieu; 2. Left-Wing Activism in The Golden Notebook; 3. The Critique of Socialism or Stalinism?; 4. Reading Apartheid in The Golden Notebook and The Grass is Singing; Chapter VI: James Kelman; 1. Language in How Late It Was, How Late and A Disaffection; 2. Alienation and Escape Mechanisms; Conclusion; Bibliography; Summary