The Rise Of The New York Intellectuals: Partisan Review And Its Circle, 1934–1945
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Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In the crucible of Depression-era New York, a remarkable cohort of writers, critics, and thinkers gathered around a single radical literary journal to reshape the very landscape of American intellectual life. The Rise of the New York Intellectuals chronicles the formative decade of *Partisan Review* and the brilliant, contentious circle it drew into its orbit — figures such as Philip Rahv, William Phillips, Lionel Trilling, and Dwight Macdonald — as they navigated the turbulent crosscurrents of Marxism, modernism, and anti-Stalinism between 1934 and 1945. Terry A. Cooney presents a meticulous cultural history that argues this tight-knit community did not merely comment on the great ideological battles of their age, but actively forged the critical vocabulary through which mid-century America understood politics, art, and identity. Cooney's scholarship illuminates how a group of largely Jewish, immigrant-descended outsiders transformed their marginal status into an intellectual vantage point of remarkable acuity, ultimately moving from the radical fringes to the very center of American cultural authority. His prose is measured and authoritative, grounding sweeping intellectual currents in the lived tensions of editorial rooms and impassioned debate. A vital work for anyone seeking to understand how ideas gain power — and at what cost — The Rise of the New York Intellectuals leaves the reader wondering whether such a concentrated moment of collective genius could ever arise again.
Author: Terry A. Cooney
Format: Hardback
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In the crucible of Depression-era New York, a remarkable cohort of writers, critics, and thinkers gathered around a single radical literary journal to reshape the very landscape of American intellectual life. The Rise of the New York Intellectuals chronicles the formative decade of *Partisan Review* and the brilliant, contentious circle it drew into its orbit — figures such as Philip Rahv, William Phillips, Lionel Trilling, and Dwight Macdonald — as they navigated the turbulent crosscurrents of Marxism, modernism, and anti-Stalinism between 1934 and 1945. Terry A. Cooney presents a meticulous cultural history that argues this tight-knit community did not merely comment on the great ideological battles of their age, but actively forged the critical vocabulary through which mid-century America understood politics, art, and identity. Cooney's scholarship illuminates how a group of largely Jewish, immigrant-descended outsiders transformed their marginal status into an intellectual vantage point of remarkable acuity, ultimately moving from the radical fringes to the very center of American cultural authority. His prose is measured and authoritative, grounding sweeping intellectual currents in the lived tensions of editorial rooms and impassioned debate. A vital work for anyone seeking to understand how ideas gain power — and at what cost — The Rise of the New York Intellectuals leaves the reader wondering whether such a concentrated moment of collective genius could ever arise again.