Johnson, Paul

Intellectuals/ Paul Johnson - New York: Harper & Row, 1988. - x, 385 p. ; 21 cm.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau : 'an interesting madman' --
Shelley, or the heartlessness of ideas --
Karl Marx : 'howling gigantic curses' --
Henrik Ibsen : 'on the contrary!' --
Tolstoy : God's elder brother --
The deep waters of Ernest Hemingway --
Bertolt Brecht : heart of ice --
Bertrand Russell : a case of logical fiddlesticks --
Jean-Paul Sartre : 'a little ball of fur and ink' --
Edmund Wilson : a brand from the burning --
The troubled conscience of Victor Gollancz --
Lies, damned lies and Lillian Hellman --
The flight of reason.

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Intellectual life
Modern Civilization

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