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Author:

Birdwell, Robert, 1983- author.

Title:

The radical novel and the classless society : utopian and proletarian novels in U.S. fiction from Bellamy to Ellison / Robert Birdwell.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

ix, 193 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Socialism and literature--United States--History and criticism--19th century.
Socialism and literature--United States--History and criticism--20th century.
Utopias in literature.
Radicalism in literature.
Social problems in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index.

Contents:

Introduction. The radical novel and socialism: utopian and scientific -- The radical novel: utopian and scientific -- Recognition as classless society: Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Hegel's Lordship and Bondage, and Lukacs' History and Class Consciousness -- The family as trope of recognition in the utopian novel: Bellamy, Howells, and Gilman -- The convergence of family and criminal in the proletarian novel: Steinbeck and Wright -- The rabble, or, the prefiguration of the classless society in Le Sueur and McKay -- The divided people, or classless society and agent of history: Donnelly, Griggs, and Ellison -- Conclusion. A dialectic of organizing and art.

Summary:

"The Radical Novel and the Classless Society analyzes radical U.S. literature from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries through the lens of socialist thought, recognition theory, and intersectionality theory"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1498570437
9781498570435
1498570410
9781498570411

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1063712319

LCCN:

2018032706

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)