Title Three Radical Women Writers : Class and Gender in Meridel Le Sueur, Tillie Olsen, and Josephine Herbst

Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages) Series Gender and Genre in Literature Gender & genre in literature. Contents THREE RADICAL WOMEN WRITERS CLASS AND GENDER IN MERIDEL LE SUEUR, TILLIE OLSEN, AND JOSEPHINEHERBST; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Three Radical Women; Chapter One: Marxism and the Feminine Utopia; Chapter Two: Delineating a Marxist Critique; Chapter Three: The Political Writings of Meridel Le Sueur; Chapter Four: Meridel Le Sueur's Feminist Sentence; Chapter Five: Tillie Olsen's Yonnondio: From the Thirties; Chapter Six: Tillie Olsen's Riddle; Chapter Seven: Josephine Herbst: The Major Novels; Chapter Eight: Josephine Herbst: Memory Speaks Chapter Nine: The Return to Nature: A Cross-ReadingWorks Cited; Index Summary Combining biography, history, and literary theory, this work looks at three of the most significant women writers to emerge from American radicalism of the 1930s. Le Sueur, Olsen, and Herbst were influenced by the Communist movement of the time, but each also forged an independent vision of feminist socialist literary milieu. Drawing on Marxist and post-Marxist theory, and addressing the challenge of such new feminist theorists as Jean Bethke Elshtain, Roberts takes a theoretical approach that encompasses the social vision and feminist practice of the writers and places them in their histor Notes Print version record Subject Le Sueur, Meridel -- Political and social views Olsen, Tillie -- Political and social views Herbst, Josephine, 1892-1969 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Herbst, Josephine, 1892-1969 fast Le Sueur, Meridel fast Olsen, Tillie fast Subject American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Radicalism in literature. Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Socialism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century Social classes in literature. Gender identity in literature. Sex role in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature -- Women authors Feminism and literature Gender identity in literature Literature and society Political and social views Radicalism Radicalism in literature Sex role in literature Social classes in literature Socialism and literature Women and literature United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781135023348 1135023344

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