Max Eastman : A Life / Christoph Irmscher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irmscher, Christoph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eastman, Max, 1883-1969.

Eastman, Max.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Radicals--United States--Biography.

Radicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The definitive biography of a radical activist and intellectual Max Eastman (1883-1969) was a prolific writer, radical, and public intellectual who helped shape the twentieth century. While researching this masterful work, acclaimed biographer Christoph Irmscher was granted unprecedented access to the Eastman family archive, allowing him to document little-known aspects of the famously handsome and charismatic radical. Considered one of the "hottest radicals" of his time, Eastman edited two of the most important modernist magazines, The Masses and The Liberator, and campaigned for women's suffrage and world peace. A fierce critic of Joseph Stalin, Eastman befriended and translated Leon Trotsky and remained unafraid to express unpopular views, drawing criticism from both conservatives and the Left. Set against the backdrop of several decades of political and ideological turmoil, and interweaving Eastman's singular life with stories of the fascinating people he knew and loved, this book will have broad interdisciplinary appeal in twentieth-century history and politics, intellectual history, and literary studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction. Faun with a Typewriter

Chapter 1. The Devil at Park Church

Chapter 2. Dearest of All Lovers

Chapter 3. A Village Apollo

Chapter 4. The Flea from Tangier

Chapter 5. We Were Beautiful Gods

Chapter 6. Malyutochka

Chapter 7. The Thinking Singer

Chapter 8. A Test Case for the Kinsey Male

Chapter 9. Max in Purgatory

Chapter 10. Realtor and Realist

Note on Sources

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780300227758

0300227752

OCLC:

1032363442