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Fredric Jameson

1934 - Today

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Fredric Jameson (born April 14, 1934) is an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist. He is best known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends, particularly his analysis of postmodernity and capitalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fredric Jameson has received more than 985,870 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Fredric Jameson is the 1,678th most popular writer (up from 1,763rd in 2019), the 2,095th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,289th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Marxism and form
Communism and literature, Criticism, Dialectical materialism
1971
The ideologies of theory
Communism and literature, Criticism, Hermaneutics
1988
The geopolitical aesthetic
Aesthetics, Conspiracy in motion pictures, Geopolitics in motion pictures
1992
The political unconscious
Communism and literature, Criticism, Fiction
1981
The prison-house of language
Linguistics, Formalism (Literary analysis), Structural linguistics
1972
Postmodernism, or, the cultural logic of late capitalism
Modern Civilization, Postmodernism, Postmodernism (Literature)
1990
Postmodernism, or, the cultural logic of late capitalism
Modern Civilization, Postmodernism, Postmodernism (Literature)
1990
The political unconscious
Communism and literature, Criticism, Fiction
1981
Archaeologies of the future
American Science fiction, English Science fiction, Future in literature
2005
Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Operas, Librettos, Vocal scores with piano
1800
The prison-house of language
Linguistics, Formalism (Literary analysis), Structural linguistics
1972
Hegel e la libertà dei moderni
Political and social views, Political science, Liberalism
1992

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fredric Jameson ranks 1,678 out of 7,302. Before him are Martin Walser, Barbara Cartland, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Konstantin Paustovsky, Basil Valentine, and Jules Romains. After him are Albert Cohen, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Henri de Régnier, Otfried Preußler, Jean-Jacques Ampère, and François Pierre La Varenne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Fredric Jameson ranks 108. Before him are Alasdair Gray, Cláudio Hummes, Masao Uchino, Lucien Bianchi, Jean Sorel, and Garry Marshall. After him are Kisho Kurokawa, Tony Hoare, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Joan Didion, Omar Karami, and Kira Muratova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fredric Jameson ranks 2,095 out of 20,380. Before him are Garry Marshall (1934), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Don Walsh (1931), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Jonathan Frakes (1952), and Leo McCarey (1898). After him are Ellen Barkin (1954), Farley Granger (1925), Jesse Douglas (1897), George Roy Hill (1921), Ornette Coleman (1930), and Steve Perry (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Fredric Jameson ranks 182. Before him are Alice Walker (1944), Gore Vidal (1925), Ira Levin (1929), Martin Gardner (1914), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), and Upton Sinclair (1878). After him are R. L. Stine (1943), Bernard Malamud (1914), Lewis Mumford (1895), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), E. E. Cummings (1894), and Ken Wilber (1949).

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