The Truants: Adventures Among The Intellectuals
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A memoir and intellectual history, The Truants: Adventures Among the Intellectuals chronicles William Barrett's years at the centre of the New York intellectual scene, most notably his time as an editor at the influential Partisan Review during the 1940s and 50s. Barrett paints vivid, candid portraits of the towering literary and philosophical figures he knew personally — among them Delmore Schwartz, Philip Rahv, and Mary McCarthy — capturing their brilliance, their rivalries, and their contradictions. Written with warmth, wit, and a philosopher's precision, the narrative argues that these intellectuals, for all their gifts, remained curiously detached from the deeper currents of human experience, hence the title. The result is both a compelling personal memoir and a sharp-eyed assessment of a defining era in American intellectual and cultural life.
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A memoir and intellectual history, The Truants: Adventures Among the Intellectuals chronicles William Barrett's years at the centre of the New York intellectual scene, most notably his time as an editor at the influential Partisan Review during the 1940s and 50s. Barrett paints vivid, candid portraits of the towering literary and philosophical figures he knew personally — among them Delmore Schwartz, Philip Rahv, and Mary McCarthy — capturing their brilliance, their rivalries, and their contradictions. Written with warmth, wit, and a philosopher's precision, the narrative argues that these intellectuals, for all their gifts, remained curiously detached from the deeper currents of human experience, hence the title. The result is both a compelling personal memoir and a sharp-eyed assessment of a defining era in American intellectual and cultural life.
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library markings visible.
A memoir and intellectual history, The Truants: Adventures Among the Intellectuals chronicles William Barrett's years at the centre of the New York intellectual scene, most notably his time as an editor at the influential Partisan Review during the 1940s and 50s. Barrett paints vivid, candid portraits of the towering literary and philosophical figures he knew personally — among them Delmore Schwartz, Philip Rahv, and Mary McCarthy — capturing their brilliance, their rivalries, and their contradictions. Written with warmth, wit, and a philosopher's precision, the narrative argues that these intellectuals, for all their gifts, remained curiously detached from the deeper currents of human experience, hence the title. The result is both a compelling personal memoir and a sharp-eyed assessment of a defining era in American intellectual and cultural life.
