Professor Barbara Foley, Rutgers University, events on February 9th and 10th

Barbara Foley, one of the foremost contemporary Marxist critics of American literature, is Professor in the Department of English and the Program in American Studies at Rutgers University, Newark.

She is the author of four books, the most recent of which is Wrestling with the Left: The Making of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man as well as of numerous articles on proletarian literature, African American literature and documentary fiction.

These events are made possible by a SEED Grant and by the generous support of American Studies, Center for Biographical Research, English, Ethnic Studies and History.