| Partisans: Marriage, Politics, and Betrayal Among the New York Intellectuals Univ of Chicago Edition Contributor(s): Laskin, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226468933 ISBN-13: 9780226468938 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: Combining literary biography with astute reporting and moral insight, David Laskin shows how sex, politics, and art affected relationships among the legendary group of New York intellectuals who were the "Partisan Review" writers. It is the women who steal the show with their groundbreaking work, their harrowing experiences of marriage, abuse, and betrayal, their passion for writing and disdain for feminism, and their struggles and achievements. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00049759 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.26" W x 9.22" (1.06 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Geographic Orientation - New York - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Combining literary biography with astute reporting and moral insight, David Laskin shows how sex, politics, and art affected relationships among the Partisan Review writers: Mary McCarthy, Edmund Wilson, Philip Rahv, Robert Lowell, Jean Stafford, Elizabeth Hardwick, Hannah Arendt, Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon, and Diana Trilling. It is the women who steal the show with their their groundbreaking work, their harrowing experiences of marriage, abuse, and betrayal, their passion for writing and disdain for feminism, their struggles and achievements. |