which not onlyfeaturevery different models of proletarian identification but
also offerradical alternativestothe promises of upward mobilityassociated
with refinement and cultivation. Marking the beginning of the book’ssecond
part,the next two chapters about therevolutionary fantasy in proletarian litera-
ture offer first glimpses of the profound changes in the imagination of the pro-
letariat as an emotional community in the wake of the October Revolution.
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