English

Image Of Life

… Problems are perennial. Crises are perennial. This book has examined the current state of literature. Much that is good has been noted and the present achievements and vast possibilities of the talking-picture and radio have been discussed. Chief stress has, however, been placed on a very grave problem, the alliance of certain professors, critics, authors, and publishers with subversion and crime. This problem threatens the vitality of our race in America and threatens our democracy. That the vast majority of Americans are resolutely set against crime and criminal literature cannot be doubted. That the moral earnest patriotic element will prevail cannot be doubted. Best of all, the dominance of that element can be predicted in the near future. There are many signs that America is becoming disgusted with crime and its criminal attorneys and with the allied endorsers, authors, and publishers of books and magazines which incite to crime.

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