{"product_id":"robert-cantwell-and-the-literary-left-9780295993621","title":"Robert Cantwell and the Literary Left","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a study of novelist and critic Robert Cantwell, a Northwest-born writer with a strong sense of social justice who found himself at the center of the radical literary and cultural politics of 1930s New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This critical study dusts off the largely forgotten work and career of Cantwell. . . . T.V. Reed has performed a service in bringing Robert Cantwell and the topic of proletarian fiction back to the fore.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Barbara McMichael * The Seattle Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A concise literary biography of “proletarian” novelist Robert Cantwell adds significantly to the revisionist studies of early and mid–twentieth-century cultural radicalism… Reed’s valuable insight into considerations of place might be applied to avoid overgeneralizations about the Communist Party as a homogeneous entity—even when it sought to present itself as such.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Joel Wendland * American Studies Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reed's complex and multilayered book on Cantwell will help rescue \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Plenty\u003c\/i\u003e from oblivion. It is also a significant contribution to the project of reconsidering the American literary left of the 1930s. . . . Progressives from our own time have much to learn from that era and from this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Priscilla Long * H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reed succeeds admirably in recapturing Cantwell as both a complex political thinker and literary figure for the revisionist canon. . . . A timely invitation to serious academic engagement in our contemporary political crisis.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- John Trombold * ALH Online Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Rewriting the Left\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mill Towns, Blue Collar Work, and Literary Ambitions\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Student of Karl Marx and Henry James\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Portrait of the Artist as Propagandist\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Revolutionist Meets the Capitalist\u003cbr\u003e 6. Time, Doubt, and the Popular Front\u003cbr\u003e 7. Breaking Down, Moving On, Looking Back\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524701528407,"sku":"9780295993621","price":91.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295993621.jpg?v=1731857806","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/robert-cantwell-and-the-literary-left-9780295993621","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}