{"product_id":"conversations-with-trotsky-earle-birney-and-the-radical-1930s-paperback","title":"Conversations with Trotsky: Earle Birney and the Radical 1930s - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Nesbitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection presents all of Earle Birney's known published and unpublished writings on Trotsky and Trotskyism for the very first time. It includes their correspondence as well as a selection of Birney's letters and literary writings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore he became one of Canada's most influential and popular twentieth century poets, Earle Birney lived a double life. To his students and colleagues, he was an engaging university lecturer and scholar. But for seven years--from 1933 to 1940--the great Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was the focus of his writing and much of his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring his years as a Trotskyist in Canada, the United States and England, Birney wrote extensively about Trotsky, corresponded with him, organized Trotskyist cells in two countries, and recruited on behalf of Trotskyism; he also lectured on Trotsky and interviewed him over the course of several days. One of his two novels is based on some of these activities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection traces the origins of Trotsky's mistrust of \"the British\" to his experiences in Canada; shows Birney's influence on a major shift in Trotsky's policy of \"entrism\" in British politics; includes the largest body of Trotskyist criticism in Canadian literary history; and demonstrates the need for a radical re-reading of Birney's poetry in light of his Trotskyism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in English.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48330601169145,"sku":"9780776624631","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/9zoQKOhxGM9780776624631.webp?v=1777380848","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/conversations-with-trotsky-earle-birney-and-the-radical-1930s-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}