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OverviewDuring the 1930s, radical young writers, artists, and critics associated with the Communist Party animated a cultural dialogue that was one of the most stimulating in American history. With the dawning of the Cold War, however, much of their work fell out of favor, dismissed as dogmatic and un-American and disparaged as aesthetically and imaginatively deficient. Urging a reexamination of the literature and political culture of the 1930s Left, Robert Shulman explores the careers and creative work of five of the most talented writers of this group: Meridel Le Sueur, Josephine Herbst, Richard Wright, Muriel Rukeyser, and Langston Hughes. He shows persuasively that their political art retains the power to engage and challenge contemporary readers. Shulman fuses close readings with a synthesizing concern for language, politics, and history to illuminate the art of his five writers, calling attention to their prose rhythms, imagery, and linguistic and formal innovations. In reclaiming their place at the forefront of artistic creativity in 1930s America, he demonstrates that these writers' individual voices were amplified by the radical dialogue of which they were part. |Reclaims the importance of five leading writers of the 1930s American Left: Meridel Le Sueur, Josephine Herbst, Richard Wright, Muriel Rukeyser, and Langston Hughes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert ShulmanPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.506kg ISBN: 9780807848531ISBN 10: 0807848530 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 30 July 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsIt reads the works of five 'left' writers of the 1930s as they deserve to be read, as creative artists. Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University An elegantly conceived and engaging study. Library Journal It reads the works of five 'left' writers of the 1930s as they deserve to be read, as creative artists. Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University Shulman does valuable work in emphasizing the range and vitality of the 1930s literary left. Journal of American Studies [An] elegantly conceived and engaging study. Library Journal The author's use of primary texts is ample and persuasive enough even for those making a first visit to the writers discussed. Choice It reads the works of five 'left' writers of the 1930s as they deserve to be read, as creative artists. Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University It reads the works of five 'left' writers of the 1930s as they deserve to be read, as creative artists. Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University An elegantly conceived and engaging study. Library Journal It reads the works of five 'left' writers of the 1930s as they deserve to be read, as creative artists. Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University The author's use of primary texts is ample and persuasive enough even for those making a first visit to the writers discussed. Choice Shulman does valuable work in emphasizing the range and vitality of the 1930s literary left. Journal of American Studies [An] elegantly conceived and engaging study. Library Journal It reads the works of five 'left' writers of the 1930s as they deserve to be read, as creative artists. <p>Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University YAn elegantly conceived and engaging study. Library Journal It reads the works of five 'left' writers of the 1930s as they deserve to be read, as creative artists. Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University It reads the works of five 'left' writers of the 1930s as they deserve to be read, as creative artists. Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University Shulman does valuable work in emphasizing the range and vitality of the 1930s literary left. Journal of American Studies The author's use of primary texts is ample and persuasive enough even for those making a first visit to the writers discussed. Choice [An] elegantly conceived and engaging study. Library Journal Author InformationRobert Shulman is professor of English and American studies at the University of Washington. He is author of Social Criticism and Nineteenth-Century American Fictions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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