Politics and the Muse: Studies in the Politics of Recent American Literature

Author/Contributor(s):	Sorkin, Adam J
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Date:	01/01/1989
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

These fourteen original essays on the politics of literature investigate aspects of our understanding of the political muse, with a focus on American writing since World War II. Essays include: "American Literature, Politics, and the Last Good War," "The Literary Art of the Hollywood Ten," "The Plight of the Left-Wing Screenwriter," and "Amiri Baraka and the Politics of Popular Culture."