01888nam 2200421 450 991082803660332120230109103910.01-4985-7874-8(CKB)4100000007122848(MiAaPQ)EBC5570886(Au-PeEL)EBL5570886(OCoLC)1057242027(EXLCZ)99410000000712284820220527d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTillie Olsen and the dialectical philosophy of proletarian literature /Anthony DawahareLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2018]©20181 online resource (149 pages)Innovation and activism in American women's writing1-4985-7873-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Proletarian Literature & Dialectical Theory -- 2 Materialist Dialectics in Tillie Olsen's Early Work -- 3 Tell Me a Riddle & the Dialectics of Everyday Life -- 4 "Requa I" -- Afterword: "The Word Made Flesh" -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.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.Innovation and activism in American women's writing.813.54Dawahare Anthony1961-1642578MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828036603321Tillie Olsen and the dialectical philosophy of proletarian literature3987361UNINA