General Information

Author/Creator

Johnson, Paul, 1928-

Language

English.

Published

New York : Harper & Row, c1988.

Physical Description

x, 385 p. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Subject

Intellectuals.

Intellectual life.

Civilization, Modern.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Paul Johnson.

Note

First published in Great Britain in 1988 by Weidenfeld & Nicholson.

Includes index.

Content

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 -- 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 -- Troubled conscience of Victor Gollancz -- Lies, damned lies and Lillian Hellman -- Flight of reason.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

ISBN

0060160500

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	305.5/52 JOH		OSA Repository	-

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