Exiles from a Future Time The Forging of the Mid-Twentieth-Century Literary Left

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Publication of this book was partially supported by the William Rand Kenan Jr. Fund of the University of North Carolina Press.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wald, Alan M., 1946–
Exiles from a future time: the forging of the mid-
twentieth-century literary left / Alan M. Wald.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2683-9 (alk. paper)—
ISBN 0-8078-5349-6 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Communism and literature— United States—History—20th century. 3. Socialism and literature—United States—History—20th century. 4. Right and left (Political science) in literature. I. Title.

PS228.C6 W35 2002
810.9'358—dc21 2001053069

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