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Writers and Partisans:: History of Literary Radicalism in America (American Cultural History S.) - Hardcover

Gilbert, Marilyn B.

 
9780471298922: Writers and Partisans:: History of Literary Radicalism in America (American Cultural History S.)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471298921 ISBN 13: 9780471298922
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1968

Synopsis

Gilbert uses the pages of the Partisan Review--the foremost periodical of America's literary left--to trace the development of literary radicalism from its pre-World War I Bohemian birth through the Depression and the Red Decade to the return to traditional values during Cold War.

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Review

"An invaluable contribution to twentieth century American literary, cultural and intellectual history." -- "Times Literary Supplement"

"An invaluable contribution to twentieth century American literary, cultural and intellectual history." -- Times Literary Supplement

"An invaluable contribution to twentieth century American literary, cultural and intellectual history." -- "Times Literary Supplement"

About the Author

James B. Gilbert is professor of history at the University of Maryland and taught at Amsterdam University and the University of Paris. He has written numerous books, including Another Chance: America After World War II, The Pursuit of Liberty, and Perfect Cities: Chicago's Utopias in the 1890's, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1991.

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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Publication date
1968
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471298921
ISBN 13 
9780471298922
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320