{"product_id":"socialist-literature-9781433132261","title":"Socialist Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocialist Literature\u003c\/i\u003e studies the relationship between the development of socialist literary theory and the process of cultural transformation in modern society by tracing the outline of the theory in the works of Marx, Lenin, and Mao, and examining its reflection in actual works of literature. This analysis is set alongside a detailed examination of the literary part of the cultural superstructure in China and in the Soviet Union. Among the major literary and theoretical works discussed are \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Manifesto, Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art, \u003c\/i\u003eGorky's \u003ci\u003eMother,\u003c\/i\u003e and the poetry of Mayakovsky.\u003cbr\u003e Key issues, like the position of the writer in society, the relationship of the old and the new in literature, and the much discussed relationship between the creator and the audience, are examined and explained in a different light by regarding them as more than purely theoretical issues or abstract cultural problems and, instead, considering them as social\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Basic The Yenan Talks – The Cultural Revolution in China – Counter-Currents – Proletarian Heroism in Socialist Literature – Contemporary Perspectives.","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039595626839,"sku":"9781433132261","price":31.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433132261.jpg?v=1750944208","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/socialist-literature-9781433132261","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}