Intellectuals /

This volume presents a portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In a series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sarte, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillan Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Kenneth Tyan...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: Johnson, Paul, 1928-
Materialtyp: Bok
Språk:English
Publicerad: New York : Harper & Row, 1990, c1988.
Upplaga:Perennial Library edition
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau : 'an interesting madman'
  • Shelley, or the heartlessness of ideas
  • Karl Marx : 'howling gigantic curses'
  • Henrik Ibsen : 'on the contrary!'
  • Tolstoy : God's elder brother
  • The deep waters of Ernest Hemingway
  • Bertolt Brecht : heart of ice
  • Bertrand Russell : a case of logical fiddlesticks
  • Jean-Paul Sartre : 'a little ball of fur and ink'
  • Edmund Wilson : a brand from the burning
  • The troubled conscience of Victor Gollancz
  • Lies, damned lies and Lillian Hellman
  • The flight of reason.