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Howard Fast
Literature and Reality [EPUB ebook]

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Howard Fast’s controversial essay on the proper role of literature, offering insight into his life and works In this 1950 essay, Howard Fast argues that all writers have a duty to reflect the truth of the world in their works, particularly regarding social justice. Fast’s treatise on literary criticism allows for a fuller understanding of his early novels, in which his political beliefs remain inseparable from his writing.Literature and Reality, which Fast wrote around the time of the 1949 Peekskill riots, offers a unique window into his worldview during the mid-twentieth century.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author’s estate.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 126 ● ISBN 9781453235058 ● Publisher Open Road Media ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5892653 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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