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'Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream' : communism in the African American imaginary : representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952
- Title
- 'Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream' : communism in the African American imaginary : representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952 / by Cathy Bergin.
- Author
- Bergin, Cathy
- Publication
- Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- x, 222 pages; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Historical materialism book series ; volume 95
- Uniform Title
- Historical materialism book series ; 95.
- Subject
- American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
- American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Communism and literature > United States > History > 20th century
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Criticism and interpretation
- Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 > Criticism and interpretation
- Ellison, Ralph > Criticism and interpretation
- Communism in literature
- Politics in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Radical Alliances. Introduction: 'Towards Soviet America' -- Determinations and Determinism: Lenin, Stalin and the Comintern -- Swearing Allegiances: Garveyism and Communism -- Trials on Trial: Yokinen and Scottsboro -- The Liberator (1929-1935) -- The Liberator: The Black Bourgeoisie and Revolutionary Tradition -- The Liberator: Interracial Solidarity and Internationalism -- The Liberator and Black Cultural Politics -- Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares -- 'Poor Richard Wright': The Black Protest Novel -- A Room of One's Own?: Bigger, Rage and Consciousness -- 'Russian Folks': The Communist Party in Native Son -- Betrayals and Defeat. Introduction to Part 2 -- 'Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism' -- Popular Front: Remaking African American Culture -- Peace and War: Shifting Priorities -- Lonely Crusade: Union Dues -- 'History as Nightmare': The Critical Reception of Lonely Crusade -- 'This Illusion of Manhood': Lee Gordon, Rage and Impotence -- 'Sure, I 'Longs to the Party. But I is a Nigger First': The Communist Party in Lonely Crusade -- Invisible Man: Un-American Activities -- 'Beautiful Absurdity': Ellison, Responsibility and Identity -- 'Riding Race Again': The Communist Party in Invisible Man -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- Sc E 15-1380
- ISBN
- 9789004263727
- 9004263721
- 9789004293250 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015008979
- OCLC
- 904942618
- Author
- Bergin, Cathy, author.
- Title
- 'Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream' : communism in the African American imaginary : representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952 / by Cathy Bergin.
- Publisher
- Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Historical materialism book series ; volume 95Historical materialism book series ; 95.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 15-1380