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How did Mary McCarthy help Paul de Man get a position at Bard College?
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After arriving in New York City in 1948, Paul de Man befriended Mary McCarthy, a prominent figure of the American intellectual left. In 1949, McCarthy leveraged her connections to arrange for de Manâs first academic position at Bard College, where he served as a temporary replacement for a professor of French.1