Progressive heritage : the evolution of a politically radical literary tradition in Canada / / James Doyle
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| Autore: |
Doyle James <1937->
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| Titolo: |
Progressive heritage : the evolution of a politically radical literary tradition in Canada / / James Doyle
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| Pubblicazione: | Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9/358 |
| Soggetto topico: | Canadian literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
| Communism and literature - Canada - History - 20th century | |
| Politics and literature - Canada - History - 20th century | |
| Radicalism - Canada - History - 20th century | |
| Progressivism in literature | |
| Radicalism in literature | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Canada Intellectual life 20th century |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-312) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Progressive Heritage in Canadian Literature Beginnings to 1900; Chapter 2 Antecedents and Alternatives to Bolshevism; Chapter 3 The 1920s: Communists and Fellow Travellers; Chapter 4 The 1930s: Socialist and Other Realisms; Chapter 5 The 1930s: Progressive Drama, Poetry, and Non-Fiction; Chapter 6 The 1940s: War and Post-War; Chapter 7 The 1950s: Post-War to Cold War; Chapter 8 After Stalinism: Decline and Achievement; Chapter 9 The New Left; Conclusion; List of Works Cited; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Most critics and literary historians have ignored Marxist-inspired creative literature in Canada, or dismissed it as an ephemeral phenomenon of the 1930s. Research reveals, however, that from the 1920s onward Canadian creative writers influenced by Marxist ideas have produced a quantitatively substantial and artistically significant body of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction. This book traces historically and evaluates critically this tradition, with particular emphasis on writers who were associated with, or sympathetic to, the Communist Party of Canada. After two chapters s |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Progressive Heritage |
| ISBN: | 1-280-92561-2 |
| 9786610925612 | |
| 0-88920-829-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910154730103321 |
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