Dialectics No. 2. Published by the Critics Group, New York. 1937.

Contents: The Dialectical Development of Thomas Mann by Eugene Lundberg, What is Dialectics? A Bibliography, Spain by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Marx on Shelley, Andre Gide vs The USSR by Lion Feuchtwagner, The Marxist Approach to Art by Milton W Brown.

The Marxist Critics Group were an association of Communist and left wing writers who wanted, after the demise of Partisan Review, to have a space for long-form discussions of Marxist art criticism and felt that the New Masses could not provide it. Its leading figure was Angel Flores, based in New York City where an irregular publication ‘Dialectics’ was produced between 1936 and 1939. Along with Dialectics, the Critics Group produced, reprinted, and translated important discussion pieces as pamphlets and books.

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