Research Catalog

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Description

1. viii, 136 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "Literary Integrity and Political Action is the story of writer James T. Farrell's role in the culture wars of 1930s America. Farrell's journey was marked with important encounters with the likes of Malcolm Cowley, Edmund Wilson, Granville Hicks, Michael Gold, Mary McCarthy, Sidney Hook, Max Eastman, Philip Rahv, Kenneth Burke, and many others caught up in the debate over the Marxist intellectual tradition.".
2. "Written for academics and casual readers alike, this book will be of particular interest to those caught up in the recent efforts of the academic Left to expose the abuses of power inherent to, and the ultimate failure of, late capitalism."--BOOK JACKET.

Series statement

1. Polemics

Uniform title

1. Polemics series.

Subject

1. Farrell, James T. 1904-1979 -- Political and social views
2. Capitalism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
3. Communism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
4. Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
5. Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
6. United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century

Contents

1. 1. Introduction: Independent Voices and American Radicalism -- 2. Growing Up in Chicago -- 3. Farrell Comes of Age -- 4. Your Word Is Revolution -- 5. Fighting Alone -- 6. A Note on Literary Criticism: 1936 -- 7. Looking for Answers: Trotsky and the Moscow Trials -- 8. Epilogue: Shattered Dreams and the Cold War.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-130) and index.