| Description |
x, 385 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Analysis |
Civilization, Modern |
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Intellectual life |
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Intellectuals |
| Notes |
First published in Great Britain in 1988 by Weidenfeld & Nicholson |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 343-365 |
| Subject |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
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Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
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Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
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Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972.
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Civilization, Modern.
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Intellectual life.
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Intellectuals.
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| LC no. |
88045518 |
| ISBN |
0060160500 |
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0060916575 (paperback) |
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