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LEFT POLITICS AND THE LITERARY PROFESSION EDITED BY LENNARD J. DAVIS AND M. BELLA MIRABELLA In the early 1970's, the political insights and activism of the New Left began to be inte- grated into the practice of literary criticism. That practice had a profound influence on the way that literature subsequently was concep- tualized and taught. Twenty years later, the editors of Left Politics and the Literary Profes- sion, Lennard J. Davis and M. Bella Mirabella, have assembled a group of essays to detail the history of those changes, assess the direction of left literary studies, and point toward future goals especially now during a time of interna- tional political transformation of the Left. Among the contributors to Left Politics and the Literary Profession are Gerald Graff, Rich- ard Ohmann, Catharine R. Stimpson, Louis Kampf, Paul Lauter, Barbara Harlowe, Nellie McKay, and other well-known scholars. The editors have included leftist, feminist, lesbian, African-American, Chicano, Palestinian and other literary criticism. While contributing to the ongoing debate about literary theory, Left Politics and the Literary Profession comes out of a tradition of political activism. The essays combine both theory and praxis, addressing numerous issues of practical politics and ped- agogy. These viewpoints provide an important and illuminating link between the radical poli- tics of the sixties and the intellectual activities of radicals who study literature now, or will study it in the future. BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/leftpoliticslitOOdavi Left Politics and the Literary Profession The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms A series of Columbia University Press Critical Genealogies: Historical Situations for Postmodern Literary Studies, Jonathan Arac Advertising Fictions: Literature, Advertisement, and Social Reading, Jennifer Wicke Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India, Gauri Viswanathan LEFT POLITICS LITERARY PROFESSION EDITED BY Lennard J. Davis and M. Bella Mirabella IMAM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS New York COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS New York COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS New York Oxford Copyright © 1990 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Left politics and the literary profession / edited by Lennard J. Davis and M. Bella Mirabella. p. cm.—(The Social foundations of aesthetic forms series) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-231-06566-3 1. Criticism—United States—History—20th century. 2. American literature—20th century—History and criticism—Theory, etc. 3. Literature—Study and teaching—Political aspects—United States— History—20th century. 4. Politics and literature—United States— History—20th century. 5. Right and left (Political science) in literature. 6. Radicalism—United States—History—20th century. I. Davis, Lennard J., 1949- . II. Mirabella, M. Bella. III. Series. PS78.L35 1990 801 '.95'097309045—dc20 89-71265 CIP Casebound editions of Columbia University Press books are Smyth-sewn and printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper © Book design by Charles B. Hames Printed in the United States of America c 10 987654321 This book is dedicated to the Radical Teacher Editorial Collective, whose continued work and involvement has been an inspiration and education to us over the past fifteen years. We also dedicate the book to Peter Mirabella (1913—1986), whose kindness and love as a father still sustains us.
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