Prodigal Sons: The New York Intellectuals and Their World

by Alexander Bloom

Book Overview

"A herd of independent minds," Harold Roseberg once labelled his fellow intellectuals. They were, and are, as this book shows, a special and fascinating group, including literary critics like Lionel Trilling, Alfred Kazin, Irving Howe, Leslie Fiedler, Philip Rahv, and William Phillips; social scientists like Nathan Glazer; art critics and historians Clement Greenberg, Harold Rrosenberg, and Meyer Schapiro; novelist Saul Bellow; and political journalists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195051777
• ISBN13: 9780195051773
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.1" x 8.1"