Marxism and aesthetics collection, [ca. 1925-1975]. 1960-1975 (bulk).

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Marxism and aesthetics collection, [ca. 1925-1975]. 1960-1975 (bulk).

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The first series, Individuals (including Baxandall) contains clippings, articles, correspondence from these many left literary, artistic figures, principally American but also some from Europe, including the former German Democratic Republic. The individual (and the few organizational files included in this series), were primarily active in the post WWII years, especially the New Left era. However, there are also files on people such as Auden and Blitzstein, who were active earlier. Taken together, these files provide a good profile of left theatrical activity, related academic scholarship, and political activism in these circles. There is more than one linear foot of Baxandall translations of Brecht material, as well as articles by and about Brecht. The second series, Research files on Socialism and theatre, literature and art in the U.S. through 1925 contains clippings, articles and notes. The third series contains files documenting Baxandall's relationship with Stefan Morawski, a professor of aesthetics at Warsaw University, who was a friend, colleague and collaborator. These files contain Morawski's writings, including drafts and reprints about art and society, from a Marxist perspective, totalling some 2.5 linear feet, and correspondence from 1971-1973.

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Baxandall, Lee

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Blitzstein, Marc

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