Writing From the Left: New Essays on Radical Culture and Politics

by Alan M. Wald

Discussion of fiction, poetry and cultural history is given central place in Wald’s analysis. From this perspective he argues that the contemporary concerns of race, gender and culture have created a powerful new leftist critique. The book argues that that the left can draw strength by reconceptualizing its cultural legacy as a rich, diverse stream of political and cultural experiences flowing over six decades. It draws deeply on this tradition, highlighting its contemporary relevance. Alan Wald is the author of “James T. The Revolutionary Socialist Years”, “The Revolutionary Imagination”, “The New York Intellectuals” and “The Responsibility of Intellectuals”.

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Alan M. Wald is an American professor emeritus of English Literature and American Culture at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and writer of 20th-Century American literature who focuses on Communist writers; he is an expert on the American 20th-Century "Literary Left."