Tillie Olsen and the Dialectical Philosophy of Proletarian Literature

This study historicizes Tillie Olsen's fiction in the context of the Depression-era proletarian literary movement in the United States and its philosophy of dialectical materialism. It argues that dialectical materialism informs both the form and content of her fiction.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Proletarian Literature & Dialectical Theory
Chapter 2: Materialist Dialectics in Tillie Olsen's Early Work
Chapter 3: Tell Me a Riddle & the Dialectics of Everyday Life
Chapter 4: "Requa I": The Power of the Negative
Afterword: "The Word Made Flesh": Dialectical Materialism as a Living Philosophy

About the author

By Anthony Dawahare

Summary

This study historicizes Tillie Olsen’s fiction in the context of the Depression-era proletarian literary movement in the United States and its philosophy of dialectical materialism. It argues that dialectical materialism informs both the form and content of her fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Dawahare
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498578738
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7873-8
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Innovation and Activism in Ame; Innovation and Activism in Ame; Innovation and Activism in American Women's Writing
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies