Fredric Ruff Jameson was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist. He was best known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends, particularly his analysis of postmodernity and capitalism. Jameson's best-known books include Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) and The Political Unconscious (1981).

Headlines from April 14, 1934

NATION'S STUDENTS 'STRIKE' FOR HOUR IN PROTEST ON WAR; 15,000 in Demonstrations Here, With City College the Scene of Only Disorder.

Mussolini Willing to Guarantee Enforcement of an Arms Treaty; Premier Says Italy Is 'Ready to Go Very Far' to Get Limitation Pact -- Stresses He Does Not Want War Because of His Many Home Problems -- Doubts Early Conflict.

O.P. VANSWERINGEN INDICTED IN FRAUD; Named With J.R. Nutt and W.M. Baldwin of Defunct Cleveland Bank. FALSE ENTRIES CHARGED Transactions Alleged to Have Been Made to Bolster Financial Statement. O.P. VAN SWERINGEN INDICTED IN FRAUD

$191,000 WRITE-UP IN THAYER UTILITY SHOWN IN HEARING; Trade Commission Gives Data in the Sale of Chasm Power to Associated Gas. $88,103,000 FOR SYSTEM Overappraisal Allegations Are Termed by Company a 'Cheap Political Trick.' WRITE-UP ALLEGED FOR THAYER UTILITY

UNLICENSED DOCTOR GOT CITY PRISON JOB; Investigation of Resident Physician at Hart's Island Ends in Suicide Attempt. A M'CORMICK APPOINTEE ' Psychiatrist,' Relieved, Takes a Drug -- He Is Placed Under 'Military Arrest.' PRISON 'PHYSICIAN' LACKED A LICENSE

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