Literary Integrity and Political Action - The Public Argument of James T. Farrell

List of contents

Polemics -- Preface -- Introduction: Independent Voices and American Radicalism -- Growing Up in Chicago -- Farrell Comes of Age -- Your Word Is Revolution -- Fighting Alone -- A Note on Literary Criticism: 1936 -- Looking for Answers: Trotsky and the Moscow Trials -- Epilogue: Shattered Dreams and the Cold War

About the author

Farrell, Kathleen

Summary

This book is about the story of James T. Farrell's role in the debate over the relationship between literature and politics during the 1930s. It is useful for American literary and intellectual history, American Left, and rhetoric and communication scholars interested in political controversy. .

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen Farrell, Farrell Kathleen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367015077
• ISBN: 978-0-367-01507-7
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government