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Wald, Alan M., 1946–
Trinity of passion : the literary left and the antifascist crusade /
by Alan M. Wald.
    p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-3075-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Communism and literature—United States—History—20th century. 2. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 3. Authors, American—20th century—Political and social views. 4. Antifascist movements—United States—History. 5. Radicalism—United States—History—20th century. 6. Right and left (Political science) in literature. 7. American literature—Jewish authors—History and criticism. 8. American literature—African American authors—History and criticism. I. Title.
PS228.C6W37      2007
810.9′358—dc22           2006019974

A section of Chapter 6 appeared in a somewhat different version as “Between Insularity and Internationalism: The Lost World of Jewish Communist ‘Cultural Workers’ in America,” in Studies in Contemporary Jewry: An Annual, vol. 20, ed. Jonathan Frankel (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), 133–47. It is reprinted here with permission.

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