The ideological battles fought between communist and capitalist states during most of the 20th century led to a tendentious evaluation of novels of social protest. Today, the undisputed triumph of capitalism presents us with the opportunity to gain a more objective understanding of their role in American literature.
This book emphasizes the representational value of three novels that can provide us with valuable information about the social, cultural, racial, and national variables that led so many toward socialism. It does this by tracing the evolution of socialism and its relationship to...