The New York Intellectuals: From Vanguard to Institution by Hugh Wilford
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Overview: Reconstructs the history of a group of thinkers and activists including Philip Rahv, Mary McCarthy, Dwight Macdonald, and Lionel Trilling collectively known as the New York Intellectuals during the period of their greatest influence, the 1940s and 1950s. While defending the group against charges that they “sold out”, the author analyzes the contradictions between their avant-garde principles and the institutional locations they came to occupy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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