Irving Howe "A Margin of Hope: An Intellectual Autobiography."
A leading literary critic and the author of "World of Our Fathers" looks back on his life from the early 1930s through the 1970s. A perceptive account of Howe's intellectual growth.
Irving Howe ((1920 – 1993) was an American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America.
He served in the US Army during World War II. Upon his return, he began writing literary and cultural criticism for the CIA-backed "Partisan Review" and became a frequent essayist for "Commentary," "The Nation," "The New Republic," and "The New York Review of Books." In 1954, Howe helped found the intellectual quarterly "Dissent."
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; First Edition. 1982.
Hardcover.
New book. Very minor shelf wear from rubbing. Remainder mark. Otherwise, book in very good visual, and excellent technical condition.