![]() ![]() Nonetheless, a word of caution is necessary at the outset. Highlights some of the book’s most significant themes. "somewhat erratic." The introduction, written by Brown University professor of English William Keach, places Trotsky’s work within its historical context and This volume reprints, with slight modification, the original 1925 (and sole) English translation by Rose Strunksy, a rendering that critic Irving Howe called Further, this edition includes 65 pages of poetry by the Russian writers that Trotsky analyzes and evaluates. Haymarket Books has rendered a valuable service in not only reissuing "Literature and Revolution" but also by publishing it with an introductory essay, a 38-page glossary, and an index-all lacking in previous editions. A previous American edition, published by the University of Michigan press, has Leon Trotsky’s study of literary movements within the young Soviet Republic, and his argument for a partisan but broad-minded government policy towards those trends, is one of the essential works on the topic of Marxism and art. William Keach, (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2005), paper, 300 pages, $16. Leon Trotsky, "Literature and Revolution" (1923), ed. ![]() By Joe Auciello / June 2005 issue of Socialist Action ![]()
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