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| - | '''''Partisan Review''''' was an American political and literary quarterly published from [[1934]] to [[2003]], though it suspended publication between October [[1936]] and December [[1937]]. It was founded by [[William Phillips (writer)|William Phillips]] and [[Philip Rahv]]. It grew out of the [[John Reed Club]] as an alternative to ''[[New Masses]]'', the publication of the [[American Communist Party]], but became stridently anti-Communist after [[Josef Stalin|Stalin]]. Many of its early authors were the children of [[Jew]]ish immigrants from Europe. The journal reached its peak influence from the late 1930s to the early 1960s, but then gradually lost its relevance to modern American culture. Phillips died in September [[2002]] at age 94. The journal continued under his wife [[Edith Kurzweil]] until it ceased publication in April [[2003]]. | + | '''''Partisan Review''''' was an [[American magazine|American]] political and literary quarterly published from [[1934]] to [[2003]], though it suspended publication between October [[1936]] and December [[1937]]. It was founded by [[William Phillips (writer)|William Phillips]] and [[Philip Rahv]]. It grew out of the [[John Reed Club]] as an alternative to ''[[New Masses]]'', the publication of the [[American Communist Party]], but became stridently anti-Communist after [[Josef Stalin|Stalin]]. Many of its early authors were the children of [[Jew]]ish immigrants from Europe. The journal reached its peak influence from the late 1930s to the early 1960s, but then gradually lost its relevance to modern American culture. Phillips died in September [[2002]] at age 94. The journal continued under his wife [[Edith Kurzweil]] until it ceased publication in April [[2003]]. |
| In [[1949]], ''Partisan Review'' awarded [[George Orwell]] £357 for the year's most significant contribution to literature, ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. | In [[1949]], ''Partisan Review'' awarded [[George Orwell]] £357 for the year's most significant contribution to literature, ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. | ||
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| == The New York Intellectuals == | == The New York Intellectuals == | ||
| - | Several [New York Intellectuals]] were associated with the left-wing political journals such as ''[[The Partisan Review]]''. | + | Several [[New York Intellectuals]] were associated with the left-wing political journals such as ''[[The Partisan Review]]''. |
| ==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| *Bloom, Alexander, ''Prodigal Sons: The New York Intellectuals & Their World'', Oxford University Press, 1986. ISBN 978-0-19-505177-3 | *Bloom, Alexander, ''Prodigal Sons: The New York Intellectuals & Their World'', Oxford University Press, 1986. ISBN 978-0-19-505177-3 | ||
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Partisan Review was an American political and literary quarterly published from 1934 to 2003, though it suspended publication between October 1936 and December 1937. It was founded by William Phillips and Philip Rahv. It grew out of the John Reed Club as an alternative to New Masses, the publication of the American Communist Party, but became stridently anti-Communist after Stalin. Many of its early authors were the children of Jewish immigrants from Europe. The journal reached its peak influence from the late 1930s to the early 1960s, but then gradually lost its relevance to modern American culture. Phillips died in September 2002 at age 94. The journal continued under his wife Edith Kurzweil until it ceased publication in April 2003.
In 1949, Partisan Review awarded George Orwell £357 for the year's most significant contribution to literature, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Classic stories and articles first published in Partisan Review:
- Saul Bellow's "Two Morning Monologues"
- two of T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets"
- Leslie Fiedler's "Come Back to the Raft Ag’in, Huck Honey"
- Clement Greenberg's "Avant-Garde and Kitsch"
- George Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys"
- Delmore Schwartz's "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities"
- Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Gimpel the Fool"
- Susan Sontag's "Notes on "Camp""
The New York Intellectuals
Several New York Intellectuals were associated with the left-wing political journals such as The Partisan Review.
Bibliography
- Bloom, Alexander, Prodigal Sons: The New York Intellectuals & Their World, Oxford University Press, 1986. ISBN 978-0-19-505177-3
