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Literature and Revolution

by Leon Trotsky · 1924

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"Roll over Derrida: Literature and Revolutionis back in print. Nothing in the postmodern canon comes close to the intellectual grandeur of Trotsky's vision of art and literature in an age of revolution, or his extraordinary meditations on the popular ownership of culture."—Mike Davis

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"Re-reading Trotsky on literature 40 years later is a delight."—Tariq Ali

Leon Trotsky penned this engaging book to elucidate the complex way in which art informs— and can alter—our understanding of the world. Features new reader-friendly explanatory notes.

Leon Trotskywas a leader of the Russian Revolution in 1917 and is the author of My Life.

William Keachis a professor of English at Brown University. He is editor of Coleridge's Complete Poems.

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisRussiaRussiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 350 pages
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