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1 online resource (331 pages) |
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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 surveying t. |
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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. |
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Canadian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Canadian literature. |
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20th century |
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Communism and literature -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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Communism and literature. |
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Canada. |
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History. |
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Politics and literature -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and literature. |
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Radicalism -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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Radicalism. |
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Progressivism in literature.
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Progressivism in literature. |
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Radicalism in literature.
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Radicalism in literature. |
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Canada -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Doyle, James. Progressive Heritage : The Evolution of a Politically Radical Literary Tradition in Canada. Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2006 9780889203976 |
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9780889208292 (electronic book) |
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0889208298 (electronic book) |
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