Including articles translated from the Italian for the first time, this unique set is the first systematic collection of critical commentary on this influential figure. Reprinting some thirty years of Gramsci criticism, the collection features individual volume introductions as well as a general overview introduction. The thematically-organized volumes include: * Volume I: " Life, Context and Intellectual Development" * Volume II: " Marxism, Philosophy and Politics" * Volume III: " Revolution, Praxis and the Party" * Volume IV: " Contemporary" "Applications"