Overview :From the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, George Santayana was a highly esteemed and widely read writer of philosophy... Read More
Overview :Arguably the most influential political writer of the twentieth century, George Orwell remains a crucial voice for our times. Known world-wi... Read More
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Overview :Irving Howe and the Critics is a selection of essays and reviews about the work of Irving Howe (1920-93), a vocal radical humanist and the m... Read More
Overview :Lionel Trilling and the Critics provides a comprehensive portrait of Lionel Trilling, perhaps the most influential American cultural critic ... Read More
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Overview :When authors are interviewed about their books or themselves, much more is going on than a simple conversation. The interview becomes a perf... Read More
Overview :Rodden, one of the world's leading Orwell scholars, sorts through the uses to which Orwell has been put in the last few decades, suggesting ... Read More
Overview :If one wants to know what children in communist East Europe were told to think about their nation and their leaders, their class enemy, and ... Read More