TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bergin,Cathy
TI  - 'Bitter with the Past but Sweet with the Dream': Representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952
T2  - Historical Materialism Book Series
SN  - 9789004293250
AV  - PS374.N4 .B47 2015 
U1  - 813/.509896073 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Wright, Richard,-1908-1960-Criticism and interpretation
KW  - American fiction-African American authors-History and criticism
KW  - American fiction-20th century-History and criticism
KW  - Communism and literature-United States-History-20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 Radical Alliances -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Chapter 1 'Towards Soviet America' -- 1.1 Determinations and Determinism: Lenin, Stalin and the Comintern -- 1.2 Swearing Allegiances: Garveyism and Communism -- 1.3 Trials on Trial: Yokinen and Scottsboro -- Chapter 2 The Liberator (1929-1935) -- 2.1 The Liberator: The Black Bourgeoisie and Revolutionary Tradition -- 2.2 The Liberator: Interracial Solidarity and Internationalism -- 2.3 The Liberator and Black Cultural Politics -- Chapter 3 Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares -- 3.1 'Poor Richard Wright': The Black Protest Novel -- 3.2 A Room of One's Own?: Bigger, Rage and Consciousness -- 3.3 'Russian Folks': The Communist Party in Native Son -- Part 2 Betrayals and Defeat -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Chapter 4 'Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism' -- 4.1 Popular Front: Remaking African-American Culture -- 4.2 Peace and War: Shifting Priorities -- Chapter 5 Lonely Crusade: Union Dues -- 5.1 'History as Nightmare': The Critical Reception of Lonely Crusade -- 5.2 'This Illusion of Manhood': Lee Gordon, Rage and Impotence -- 5.3 'Sure, I 'Longs to the Party. But I is a Nigger First': The Communist Party in Lonely Crusade -- Chapter 6 Invisible Man: Un-American Activities -- 6.1 'Beautiful Absurdity': Ellison, Responsibility and Identity -- 6.2 'Riding Race Again': The Communist Party in Invisible Man -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - The book is an examination of the impact of Communism on a generation of African American writers and a consideration of how African American identity in three novels is constructed in relation to the political ideology of the Communist Party
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ER  -