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Better red : the writing and resistance of Tillie Olsen and Meridel Le Sueur / Constance Coiner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coiner, Constance, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olsen, Tillie--Political and social views.
- Le Sueur, Meridel--Political and social views.
- Working class writings, American--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Working class writings, American.
- Communism and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Communism and literature.
- Feminism and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Feminism and literature.
- Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- Women authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Women authors, American.
- Women communists--United States--Biography.
- Women communists.
- Local Subjects:
- Olsen, Tillie--Political and social views.
- Le Sueur, Meridel--Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study contributes to efforts to promote working-class writing as a legitimate category of literary analysis. It demonstrates how the writing of Olsen and le Sueur anticipated many of the concerns of "second wave" feminists, and how their feminist ideals related to the American Communist Left.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Thirties' Literary Left; TWO: ""Scratch a Communist . . ."": Women and the American Communist Party During the Depression; THREE: Meridel Le Sueur: Biographical Sketch and Reportage; FOUR: Le Sueur's The Girl, ""Our Fathers,"" ""Annunciation,"" and ""Corn Village""; FIVE Tillie Olsen: Biographical Sketch and Thirties' Publications; SIX: Olsen's Yonnondio: From the Thirties; SEVEN: Literature as ""No One's Private Ground"": Olsen's Tell Me a Riddle and Silences; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p261-274. _ Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772324-1
- 1-280-52372-7
- 1-4237-3640-0
- 0-19-536345-0
- 1-60129-723-8
- OCLC:
- 475957095
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