The Communist Party

Phelps, Christopher

Abstract

In the Great Depression, numerous American writers and intellectuals were attracted to the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA). This chapter provides an institutional analysis of that political-literary experience, arguing that it is best understood through a prism of structure.

Citation

Phelps, C. (2018). The Communist Party. In I. Takayoshi (Ed.), American Literature in Transition: The 1930s (421-435). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108563895.023

• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2017
• Publication Date: 2018
• Deposit Date: Mar 21, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 31, 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 421-435
• Book Title: American Literature in Transition: The 1930s
• Chapter Number: 21
• ISBN: 9781108429382
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108563895.023
• Keywords: Communism; Communist Party; CPUSA; Great Depression; Writers; Radicalism
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/843111
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/american-literature-in-transition-19301940/communist-party/353B5783E46C0B99505351A73F69AD54