On Literature and Art

One of the outstanding revolutionary leaders of the 20th century discusses questions of literature, art, and culture in a period of capitalist decline and working-class struggle. In these writings, Trotsky examines the place and aesthetic autonomy of art and artistic expression in the struggle for a new, socialist society.”Trotsky demonstrated a keen insight and a penetrating analysis of literature (Russian and foreign) and society.”-ChoiceIndex, Annotation