{"product_id":"trinity-of-passion-the-literary-left-and-the-antifascist-crusade-paperback","title":"Trinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan M. Wald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second of three volumes by Alan Wald that track the political and personal lives of several generations of U.S. left-wing writers, \u003ci\u003eTrinity of Passion\u003c\/i\u003e carries forward the chronicle launched in \u003ci\u003eExiles from a Future Time: The Forging of the Mid-Twentieth-Century Literary Left\u003c\/i\u003e. In this volume Wald delves into literary, emotional, and ideological trajectories of radical cultural workers in the era when the International Brigades fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and the United States battled in World War II (1941-45). Probing in rich and haunting detail the controversial impact of the Popular Front on literary culture, he explores the ethical and aesthetic challenges that pro-Communist writers faced. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWald presents a cross section of literary talent, from the famous to the forgotten, the major to the minor. The writers examined include Len Zinberg (a.k.a. Ed Lacy), John Oliver Killens, Irwin Shaw, Albert Maltz, Ann Petry, Chester Himes, Henry Roth, Lauren Gilfillan, Ruth McKenney, Morris U. Schappes, and Jo Sinclair. He also uncovers dramatic new information about Arthur Miller's complex commitment to the Left.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfronting heartfelt questions about Jewish masculinity, racism at the core of liberal democracy, the corrosion of utopian dreams, and the thorny interaction between antifascism and Communism, Wald re-creates the intellectual and cultural landscape of a remarkable era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan M. Wald is the H. Chandler Davis Collegiate Professor of English Literature and American Culture at the University of Michigan and is the recipient of the Mary C. Turpie Prize of the American Studies Association. His six previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe New York Intellectuals: The Rise and Decline of the Anti-Stalinist Left from the 1930s to the 1980s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExiles from a Future Time: The Forging of the Mid-Twentieth-Century Literary Left\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704296304947,"sku":"9781469618821","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/GeHzb9BSFd9781469618821.webp?v=1763351793","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/trinity-of-passion-the-literary-left-and-the-antifascist-crusade-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}