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100	1		_aBergin, Cathy.
245	1	0	_a'Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream : _bcommunism in the African American imaginary representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952 / _cby Cathy Bergin.
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill, _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 222 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aHistorical materialism book series ; _vv. 95
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 ‘Towards Soviet America’ -- 2 The Liberator (1929–1935) -- 3 Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares -- 4 ‘Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism’ -- 5 Lonely Crusade: Union Dues -- 6 Invisible Man: Un-American Activities -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aThe legacy of the relationship between African American writers and Communism in the US is a contested one. Bergin argues that in three novels, by seminal mid-century authors (Wright, Himes and Ellison) Communism is not dismissed as incapable of meeting the demands of black political identity but is castigated for its refusal to do so. A detailed focus on the political milieu in which these texts operate challenges many of the presumptions about the ‘inability’ of Communism to comprehend racial oppression, which dominate literary critical approaches to these novels. She draws on the complex formations black political agency presumed and reproduced by American Communism during the Depression.
600	1	0	_aWright, Richard, _d1908-1960 _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aHimes, Chester B., _d1909-1984 _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aEllison, Ralph _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	7	_aEllison, Ralph. _2fast
600	1	7	_aHimes, Chester B., _d1909-1984. _2fast
600	1	7	_aWright, Richard, _d1908-1960. _2fast
648		7	_a1900 - 1999 _2fast
650		0	_aAmerican fiction _xAfrican American authors _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aAmerican fiction _y20th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aCommunism and literature _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aCommunism in literature.
650		0	_aPolitics in literature.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans in literature.
650		7	_aAfrican Americans in literature. _2fast
650		7	_aAmerican fiction. _2fast
650		7	_aAmerican fiction _xAfrican American authors. _2fast
650		7	_aCommunism and literature. _2fast
650		7	_aCommunism in literature. _2fast
650		7	_aPolitics in literature. _2fast
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBergin, Cathy. _t'Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream _z9789004263727 _w(DLC) 2015008979 _w(OCoLC)904942618
830		0	_aHistorical Materialism Book Series _v95.
830		0	_aSocial Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287488.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004293250
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