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001 2014010609
003 DLC
005 20150429082748.0
008 140318s2014 wau b 001 0beng
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020 $a9780295993621 (hardback : acid-free paper)
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050 00 $aPS3505.A58$bZ88 2014
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100 1 $aReed, T. V.$q(Thomas Vernon)
245 10 $aRobert Cantwell and the literary left :$ba Northwest writer reworks American fiction /$cT.V. Reed.
264 1 $aSeattle :$bUniversity of Washington Press,$c[2014]
300 $axix, 233 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"A Robert B. Heilman book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 208-221) and index.
520 $a"Robert Cantwell and the Literary Left is the first full critical study of novelist and critic Robert Cantwell, a Northwest-born writer with a strong sense of social justice who found himself at the center of the radical literary and cultural politics of 1930s New York. Regarded by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway as one of the finest young fiction writers to emerge from this era, Cantwell is best known for his superb novel, The Land of Plenty, set in western Washington. His literary legacy, however, was largely lost during the Red Scare of the McCarthy era, when he retreated to conservatism. Through meticulous research, an engaging writing style, and a deep commitment to the history of American social movements, T. V. Reed uncovers the story of a writer who brought his Pacific Northwest brand of justice to bear on the project of "reworking" American literature to include ordinary working people in its narratives. In tracing the flourishing of the American literary Left as it unfolded in New York, Reed reveals a rich progressive culture that can inform our own time. T. V. Reed is Buchanan Distinguished Professor at Washington State University. He is also the author of The Art of Protest: Culture and Activism from the Civil Rights Movement to the Streets of Seattle."Reed provides a sound and well-documented biography, outstanding interpretations of Cantwell's two novels, a breakthrough study of Cantwell's literary criticism, a nice summary of his journalism, and a plausible explanation of his final migration to the Right." -Alan Wald, H. Chandler Davis Collegiate Professor of English Literature, University of Michigan"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aCantwell, Robert,$d1908-1978.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers/1305/2850363/image/lgcover.9780295993621.jpg