Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter I: Proletarian Literature 6
6. Chapter II: The Fellow-Travelers and the Orthodox 21
7. Chapter III: The Compromise 35
8. Chapter IV: On Literary Guard, 1925-1928 46
9. Chapter V: The Theory of Literature, 1928 58
10. Chapter VI: The Party and its Instrument 87
11. Chapter VII: October the Proletarian Writers 106
12. Chapter VIII: On Literary Guard: The Proletarian Critics 132
13. Chapter IX: Dissension in Rapp: The Litfront Controversy 150
14. Chapter X: Further Pursuit of Proletarian Error, 1931 172
15. Chapter XI: The Party Liquidates its Instrument 200
16. Conclusion 219
17. Epilogue: The Fifth Anniversary 223
18. Appendix A 235
19. Appendix B 241
20. Notes 243
21. Bibliography 287
22. Index 293