The Partisan Review
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The Partisan Review was an influential American literary magazine that emerged in the 1930s. It was known for its critical stance and its role in fostering avant-garde and experimental literary work that commercial magazines often rejected.1
The magazine was part of the broader "little magazine" movement, which provided a platform for unknown writers, unconventional forms, and challenging subject matter. The Partisan Review was a prominent example of a leftist magazine from this era, though its editorial direction sometimes shifted. It played a significant role in American literary discourse, contributing to the development of modern literature by publishing works from notable authors.1
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- Clement Greenberg
…the fall 1939 issue of Partisan Review. In this essay Greenberg, an avowed Trotskyite Marxist, claimed that avant-garde Modernism was “the only living culture that we now have” and that it was threatened primarily by the emergence of sentimentalized “kitsch” productions—“the debased and academicized simulacra of genuine culture.” For Greenberg,…
Read More…the fall 1939 issue of Partisan Review. In this essay Greenberg, an avowed Trotskyite Marxist, claimed that avant-garde Modernism was “the only living culture that we now have” and that it was threatened primarily by the emergence of sentimentalized “kitsch” productions—“the debased and academicized simulacra of genuine culture.” For Greenberg,…
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Mary McCarthy…the editorial staff of the Partisan Review, for which she wrote extensively on art, theater, travel, and politics. She married four times, the second time, in 1938, to the noted American critic Edmund Wilson, who encouraged her to begin writing fiction.
Read More…the editorial staff of the Partisan Review, for which she wrote extensively on art, theater, travel, and politics. She married four times, the second time, in 1938, to the noted American critic Edmund Wilson, who encouraged her to begin writing fiction.
Read More- Philip Rahv
…(1933) with William Phillips of The Partisan Review, a journal of literature and social thought.
Read More…(1933) with William Phillips of The Partisan Review, a journal of literature and social thought.
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Susan Sontag…Review of Books, Commentary, and Partisan Review. Some of these short pieces were collected in Against Interpretation, and Other Essays (1966). Her second novel, Death Kit (1967), was followed by another collection of essays, Styles of Radical Will (1969). Her later critical works included On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor
Read More…Review of Books, Commentary, and Partisan Review. Some of these short pieces were collected in Against Interpretation, and Other Essays (1966). Her second novel, Death Kit (1967), was followed by another collection of essays, Styles of Radical Will (1969). Her later critical works included On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor
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