Encounter, Volume II, No. 6, June 1954

Stephen Spender, Irving Kristol (eds.); Daniel Bell, Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Kathleen Raine, W. H. Auden, David Wright, and others (contribs.)

Published by Martin Secker & Warburg for the Congress for Cultural Freedom, London, 1954

About this Item

88 pp., 4to, card wrapper. A monthly journal covering literature, arts and politics that was funded, in part, by the US Central Intelligence Agency as a vehicle for propaganda against the Soviet Union. Following this disclosure in 1967, several notables associated with this periodical severed their connection, including W. H. Auden, John Betjeman and Robert Lowell. With an interesting pairing of editors in Spender and Kristol. Laid in is the leaflet index to volume II (January-June 1954). Very good copy; lightly creased, wrapper edges a little age-toned. Miller & Price C30. Seller Inventory # 3852

Bibliographic Details

Title: Encounter, Volume II, No. 6, June 1954

Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg for the Congress for Cultural Freedom, London

Publication Date: 1954

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good