'Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream
Subtitle: communism in the African American imaginary : representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952
By: by Cathy Bergin
Series: Historical materialism book series -- volume 95
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9789004263727; 9789004293250
Subjects: African Americans in literature; History and criticism; Communism and literature; Communism in literature; Criticism and interpretation; African American authors; American fiction; Politics in literature; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Radical Alliances.  Introduction: 'Towards Soviet America'; title: Determinations and Determinism: Lenin, Stalin and  the   Comintern; title: Swearing Allegiances: Garveyism and Communism; title: Trials on Trial: Yokinen and Scottsboro; title: The Liberator (1929-1935); title: The Liberator: The Black Bourgeoisie and  Revolutionary  Tradition; title: The Liberator: Interracial Solidarity and  Internationalism; title: The Liberator and Black Cultural Politics; title: Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares; title: 'Poor Richard Wright': The Black Protest Novel; title: A Room of One's Own?: Bigger, Rage and  Consciousness; title: 'Russian Folks': The Communist Party in Native Son; title: Betrayals and Defeat.  Introduction to Part 2; title: 'Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism'; title: Popular Front: Remaking African American Culture; title: Peace and War: Shifting Priorities; title: Lonely Crusade: Union Dues; title: 'History as Nightmare': The Critical Reception of Lonely  Crusade; title: 'This Illusion of Manhood': Lee Gordon, Rage and  Impotence; title: 'Sure, I 'Longs to the Party. But I is a Nigger First': The Communist Party in Lonely Crusade; title: Invisible Man: Un-American Activities; title: 'Beautiful Absurdity': Ellison, Responsibility and  Identity; title: 'Riding Race Again': The Communist Party in  Invisible Man; title: Conclusion.