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A Note On Literary Criticism - Softcover

Farrell, James T.

 
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Synopsis

In this text, Farrell challenges the leading radical literary critics of the 1930s, such as Michael Gold and Granville Hicks, reconsidering issues including the relative autonomy of literature from society and economics; the role of tradition in literary creation; the relation of literature to propaganda; and the nature of aesthetic value.

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James T. Farrell's compelling defense of the Marxist principles of literary criticism was hailed by Edmund Wilson as ""a remarkable event"." Now available in its entirety for the first time is more than five decades, A Note On Literary Criticism liberated a section of the Great Depression's radical intelligentsia from vulgar, over politicized approaches to cultural criticism.

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