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barbara clare foley

barbara foley -lrb- born 1948 -rrb- , distinguished professor of english at rutgers university-newark , focuses her research and teaching on u.s. literary radicalism , african american literature , and marxist criticism .
the author of five books and over seventy scholarly articles , review essays , and book chapters , she has published on literary theory , academic politics , us proletarian literature , the harlem renaissance , and the writers ralph ellison and jean toomer .
throughout her career , her work has emphasized the centrality of antiracism to both literary study and social movements .
