The radical novel and the classless society : utopian and proletarian novels in U.S. fiction from Bellamy to Ellison /

The Radical Novel and the Classless Society analyzes radical U.S. literature from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries through the lens of socialist thought, recognition theory and intersectionality theory.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Birdwell, Robert, 1983- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:	American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Socialism and literature > United States > History and criticism > 19th century. Socialism and literature > United States > History and criticism > 20th century. Utopias in literature. Radicalism in literature. Social problems in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. The radical novel and socialism: utopian and scientific
The radical novel: utopian and scientific
Recognition as classless society: Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Hegel's Lordship and Bondage, and Lukacs' History and Class Consciousness
The family as trope of recognition in the utopian novel: Bellamy, Howells, and Gilman
The convergence of family and criminal in the proletarian novel: Steinbeck and Wright
The rabble, or, the prefiguration of the classless society in Le Sueur and McKay
The divided people, or classless society and agent of history: Donnelly, Griggs, and Ellison
Conclusion. A dialectic of organizing and art.