| Ghosts on the Roof: Selected Journalism Revised Edition Contributor(s): Chambers, Whittaker (Author), Teachout, Terry (Author), Hindus, Milton (Author) |
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ISBN: 1560008350 ISBN-13: 9781560008354 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Literary Collections | Letters |
| Dewey: 818.520 |
| LCCN: 95049142 |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.02" W x 8.98" (1.48 lbs) 404 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Whittaker Chambers is one of the most controversial figures in modern American history a former Communist spy who left the party, testified against Alger Hiss before the House Un-American Activities Committee, and wrote a classic autobiography, Witness. Dismissed by some as a crank, reviled by others as a traitor, Chambers still looms as a Dostoevskian figure over three decades after his death in 1961. A man of profound pessimism, rare vision, and remarkable literary talents, his continuing importance was attested to when Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded him the Medal of Freedom in 1984. Ghosts on the Roof, originally published in 1989, brings together more than fifty short stories, essays, articles, and reviews that originally appeared in Time, Life, National Review, Commonweal, The American Mercury, and the New Masses. Included are essays on Karl Marx, Reinhold Niebuhr, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, George Santayana, Dame Rebecca West, Ayn Rand, and Greta Garbo. These show Chambers at his best, as a peerless historian of ideas. |
Contributor Bio(s): Teachout, Terry: - Terry Teachout is a member of the editorial board of the New York Daily News. His writing appears in The American Scholar, Commentary, High Fidelity, Musical America, National Review, The New Criterion, The New Dance Review, and The Wall Street Journal. Hindus, Milton: -Milton Hindus, a founding member of the Brandeis University faculty, served as the Edytha Macy Gross Professor of Humanities until his retirement. He is the author of Irving Babbitt, Literature and the Democratic Culture and has contributed to leading periodicals throughout the world. |