American Literature and Literary Criticism in its Relation to Social Criticism

FAIN: FT-11862-74

Thomas A. Kreilkamp
University of Massachusetts, Boston (Boston, MA 02125-3300)

To explore American literature and American literary criticism in an effort to understand better the kinds of social criticism which have been so popular lately, criticism typified by the writings of Ronald Laing and Herbert Marcuse for example. This study will add depth to the book on social criticism that the P.I. is writing.