Exiles from a Future Time
Author | : Alan M. Wald |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 0807853496 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780807853498 |
Rating | : 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Download or read book Exiles from a Future Time written by Alan M. Wald and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wald offers a comprehensive history and reconsideration of the U.S. literary left in the mid-twentieth century. Recovering the central role Marxist-influenced writers played in fiction, poetry, theater, and literary criticism, he explores the lives and work of figures including Richard Wright, Muriel Rukeyser, Mike Gold, Claude McKay, Tillie Olsen, and Meridel Le Sueur.