
Writing Revolution
Representation, Rhetoric, and Revolutionary Politics
Sheila Delany(Author)
Haymarket Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
979-8-88890-323-0 (ISBN)
Description
How do the commitments of the revolutionary and the artistic aspirations of the writer fit together? Using literary texts from French, German, Russian and American pro-revolutionary writers, Sheila Delany examines the dialectic of politics and rhetoric, aesthetic and social conviction.
In Writing Revolution we are introduced to writers who truly gave voice to the hopes of their time. Some were leaders who fanned the flames in person as well as through their writings; others played less prominent roles but also helped build movements. Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Luxemburg, Mao, Sylvain Marechal, Boris Lavrenov, Bertolt Brecht and others all make their appearances: consummate rhetoricians all; not necessarily on the same page politically but all active boosters of the revolutions of their day.
In Writing Revolution we are introduced to writers who truly gave voice to the hopes of their time. Some were leaders who fanned the flames in person as well as through their writings; others played less prominent roles but also helped build movements. Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Luxemburg, Mao, Sylvain Marechal, Boris Lavrenov, Bertolt Brecht and others all make their appearances: consummate rhetoricians all; not necessarily on the same page politically but all active boosters of the revolutions of their day.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-88890-323-0 (9798888903230)
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Person
Sheila Delany is Professor Emerita at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Her books and articles on medieval literature and in Jewish studies helped bring Marxian method, gender awareness, and critical theory into medieval studies.