Moral agents: eight twentieth-century American writers
"One of contemporary America's leading critics and scholars offers a provocative reassessment of the lives and work of eight influential twentieth- century American writers: Lionel Trilling Dwight Macdonald W.H. Auden William Maxwell Saul Bellow Alfred Kazin Norman Mailer Frank O'Hara...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "One of contemporary America's leading critics and scholars offers a provocative reassessment of the lives and work of eight influential twentieth- century American writers: Lionel Trilling Dwight Macdonald W.H. Auden William Maxwell Saul Bellow Alfred Kazin Norman Mailer Frank O'Hara Drawing on newly published letters and diaries, Edward Mendelson explores the responses of these writers, very public figures all, to major historical events--among them the rise and fall of fascism, the cold war, the struggles for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, and the sexual revolution--and shows how intensely personal concerns, relating to childhood, religion, status, sex, and money, largely shaped their views. Mendelson's vivid portraits cut to the quick, changing our perceptions of these brilliant, complicated, often deeply troubled men while offering readers a new understanding of their contributions to American intellectual and political life"-- "One of contemporary America's leading critics and scholars offers a provocative reassessment of the lives and work of eight influential twentieth- century American writers: Lionel Trilling Dwight Macdonald W.H. Auden William Maxwell Saul Bellow Alfred Kazin Norman Mailer Frank O'Hara Drawing on newly published letters and diaries, Edward Mendelson explores the responses of these writers, very public figures all, to major historical events--among them the rise and fall of fascism, the cold war, the struggles for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, and the sexual revolution--and shows how intensely personal concerns, relating to childhood, religion, status, sex, and money, largely shaped their views. Mendelson's vivid portraits cut to the quick, changing our perceptions of these brilliant, complicated, often deeply troubled men while offering readers a new understanding of their contributions to American intellectual and political life"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 203) |
| Beschreibung: | XVIII, 203 S. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781590177761 |
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| adam_text | Moral Agents
Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers
Edward Mendelson
NEWYORKREVIEWBOOKS
NewYork
Contents
Preface ix
Introduction xi
I Sage: Lionel Trilling I
2 Moralist: Dwight Macdonald 3I
3 Outsider: Alfred Kazin 49
4 Magus: William Maxwell 79
5 Patriarch: Saul Bellow 101
6 Mythmaker: Norman Mailer 127
7 Neighbor: W H Auden 145
8 Celebrant: Frank O Hara I85
A Note on Sources 203
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