Partisans Marriage, Politics, and Betrayal among the New York Intellectuals |
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| Author:
| Laskin, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-46893-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionCombining 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.