'Bitter with the Past But Sweet with the Dream': Communism in the African American Imaginary - Representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952

The book is an examination of the impact of Communism on a generation of African American writers and a consideration of how African American identity in three novels is constructed in relation to the political ideology of the Communist Party.

About the author

Cathy Bergin (DPhil (2004) is a Senior Lecturer in the Humanities Programme at the University of Brighton.

Product details

• Authors: Cathy Bergin
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2015
• EAN: 9789004263727
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26372-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Historical Materialism Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works