literature at the barricades: the american writer in the 1930s. alabama: university of alabama press, 1982. literature at the barricades: the american writer in the 1930s. alabama: university of alabama press, 1982.

This book of thirteen essays by writers and college professors grew out of a 1978 symposium on "The American Writer in the 1930s." While demonstrating the diversity of the Left, it provides insights into the major controversies and some of the artists and some of the minor artists of the era. This book of thirteen essays by writers and college professors grew out of a 1978 symposium on "The American Writer in the 1930s." While demonstrating the diversity of the Left, it provides insights into the major controversies and some of the artists and some of the minor artists of the era.