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Dwight Macdonald • 161 Items / 13 Books, 107 Articles, 41 Reviews
The Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1957)
by Dwight Macdonald
Essays in Political Criticism
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  1. Books
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    Our Best Journalist (Review)
    Paul Goodman
    The Memoirs of a Revolutionist, by Dwight Macdonald
    1. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    Dissent, Winter 1958, pp. 82-88
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    Memory of Anger (Review)
    William Esty
    The Memoirs of a Revolutionist, by Dwight Macdonald
    1. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    The Nation, March 15, 1958, p. 237
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    Macdonald's Guide to Practical Politics (Review)
    Ian Watt
    The Memoirs of a Revolutionist, by Dwight Macdonald
    1. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    The New Republic, February 24, 1958, pp. 19-20
  4. Books
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    Old Revolutionists (Review)
    Alfred Kazin
    The Memoirs of a Revolutionist, by Dwight Macdonald
    1. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1958, pp. 135-138
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    The Irrelevant Honesty of an Artist in Politics (Review)
    Eugene Burdick
    The Memoirs of a Revolutionist, by Dwight Macdonald
    1. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    The Reporter, February 6, 1958, p. 45
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    In Defense of Humanitarianism (Review)
    Henry M. Christman
    The Memoirs of a Revolutionist, by Dwight Macdonald
    1. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    The Saturday Review, November 16, 1957, p. 25
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    Pick of the Paperbacks (6 Reviews)
    The Memoirs of a Revolutionist, by Dwight Macdonald
    1. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    2. The Goncourt Journals, 1851-1870 by Lewis Galantiere, Edmond de Goncourt, and Jules de Goncourt, ...
    3. Political Theories of the Middle Age by Otto F. von Gierke
    4. The Musical Experience by Roger Sessions
    5. Geoffrey Chaucer of England by Marchette Chute
    6. A History of the Jewish People by Max L. Margolis and Alexander Marx
    The Saturday Review, November 29, 1958, pp. 28-29
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    The New Books (11 Reviews)
    Paul Pickrel
    Postrevolutionary Figures
    1. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    2. Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
    3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
    4. Women, and Sometimes Men by Florida Scott-Maxwell
    5. Islam Inflamed by Jan Morris
    6. Come With Me to Macedonia by Leonard Drohan
    7. Rally Round the Flag, Boys! by Max Shulman
    8. Sullivan by Walter Macken
    9. The Weather of February by Hollis Summers
    10. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh
    11. The King Ranch by Tom Lea
    The Harpers Monthly, October 1957, pp. 88-98
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    Atlantic Bookshelf (13 Reviews)
    Charles Rolo
    Reader's Choice
    1. Those Without Shadows by Francoise Sagan
    2. The Heretic by Fitzroy Maclean
    3. Titoism: Pattern for International Communism by Charles P. McVicker
    4. The New Class by Milovan Djilas
    5. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh
    6. Loser Takes All by Graham Greene
    7. Roman Tales by Alberto Moravia
    8. Room at the Top by John Braine
    9. The Isle of Princes by Hasan Ozbekhan
    10. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
    11. Any Number Can Play by Clifton Fadiman
    12. Fullness of Days by Edward F.L.W. Halifax
    13. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    The Atlantic Monthly, November 1957, pp. 240-251