Various (Phillips, William (Editor); Rahv, Philip (Editor); Baldwin, James; Bellow, Saul; Berryman, John; Howe, Irving; Lowell, Robert; Moore, Marianne; Percy, Walker et al.)

Partisan Review Vol. XXIII No. 4 (Fall 1956)

New York, NY, USA: Foundation for Cultural Projects Inc., 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Large-Format Softcover. Presented here is the Fall 1956 issue of Partisan Review edited by William Phillips and Philip Rahv— which was originally sold for a mere $1.00, as seen on the cover. The Partisan Review started as a left-wing, small-circulation quarterly “little magazine” compiling literature, politics, and cultural commentary and was published in New York City. Launched in 1934 by the John Reed Club of New York City — an American federation focused on Marxist writers and affiliated with the Communist Party USA — Partisan Review was a prevalent part of the Communist political orbit. However, the publication was abruptly suspended in the fall of 1936 following growing discontent toward the primary editors. When the publication resumed in late 1937 additional editors and new writers interested in maintaining a critical stance on Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union were brought on. Featured on the cover of this issue are contributions from canonical American author and civil rights activist James Baldwin (1924-1987); John Berryman (1914-1972), an American writer, poet, scholar, and Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner; Saul Bellow (1915-2005), a Canadian-American author and Pulitzer Prize in Literature winner; Marianne Moore (1887-1972), an American modernist poet, critic, and editor best known for her precise diction and irony; and Robert Lowell (1917-1977), an American writer, conscientious objector to WWII, and Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner. Other noteworthy contributors include Irving Howe (1920-1993), an American literary and social critic and Walker Percy (1916-1990), philosophical author. As we’ve only emphasized to you the contributors we found most alluring, please see photos for this issues full content listing. From the collection of Laurence Goldstein (1943-2023), poet, editor, and professor in the University of Michigan Department of English Language and Literature. Trade-Format Softcover: First edition & first printing though neither explicated at copyright page. Search our catalog for many other available issues of The Partisan Review. In relatively fine condition with moderate age toning, rubbing and scratching to front, back covers and spine; mild separation at lower left corner and along spine of front cover; mild bumping to top and bottom of spine; mild creasing near spine of back cover; minor brown staining at center of front cover near right edge; moderate age toning to text block; some markings to same. Interior in fine-very fine condition with minor age toning and minimal creasing to some page leaf corners. Fine. [Item #7548]

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