A Rebel in Defense of Tradition: The Life and Politics of Dwight Macdonald

By Michael Wreszin

Book Overview

This biography is a tale of an upper-middle-class white male who managed to jettison the prejudices and provincialism of his class, and become one of the most penetrating critics of mid-century American civilization. Dwight MacDonald was the founder of The Partisan Review, and editor of The New Yorker, Fortune and Esquire. His friends ranged from Hannah Arendt to Abbie Hoffman.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465017398
• ISBN13: 9780465017393
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.