Literature and Revolution

Literature and Revolution by Leon Trotsky explores the relationship between literature and revolutionary politics. The book critiques various literary trends and schools from a Marxist perspective. Trotsky argues that economic stability and comfort are necessary for the development of socialist art. He emphasizes that new culture must emerge from the peasantry and workers, breaking from old bourgeois traditions. Analyzing figures like Kliuev, Yessenin, and the Serapion Fraternity, Trotsky critiques formalist poetry and advocates for art that reflects the proletariat's struggles. He calls for a new, optimistic, and collectivist art, rooted in the revolutionary process. Overall, Trotsky posits that creating a socialist art is vital for the success of the revolutionary epoch and the development of a culture beyond class distinctions

Comparative and World Literature · History · Political theory and Gramsci · Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies

• Theses on Art and Class by Ben Davis

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• Introductory

  Cliff Slaughter•Marxism, Ideology and Literature•1980

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• Literature and Revolution

  Cliff Slaughter•Marxism, Ideology and Literature•1980

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• Alexander Blok and Nikolai Gumilev in the Petrograd Union of Poets

  Open Access•Andrei Ustinov•Rhema•2020

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• The Culture as System, the System of Culture

  Open Access•Maja Soboleva•Cultural Science Journal•2021

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• Enemy of the People

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• The Work of Salvage

  Tara McDowell•Postwar Revisited•2025

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• Decolonization and Calligraphic Abstraction

  Iftikhar Dadi•Postwar Revisited•2025

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• Cultural Revolution and the African Novel

  Juliet I Okonwo•The Black Scholar•1986

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• Marxism and Literature

  Open Access•Ian H Birchall, Ian Birchall•The Sociological Review•1977

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