Partisan Review. November 1948. Vol. XV No. 11. André Gide, Stephen Spender, Graham Greene (William Phillips, Phillip Rahv Eds.

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An original November 1948 issue of Partisan Review (Volume XV, Number 11), one of the most influential literary and political magazines of the twentieth century. FREE UK postage.

Founded in New York in the 1930s, Partisan Review played a major role in shaping modern literary criticism, political debate and intellectual life in the post-war period. The journal became a central platform for leading writers, critics and philosophers across Europe and the United States.

This issue is notable for the publication of André Gide’s novella Theseus, together with essays and criticism by major literary figures including Stephen Spender, Richard Chase, and Horace Gregory.

The issue also contains a significant section titled “The Creative Life in Our Time”, presenting letters by Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, and V. S. Pritchett, offering insight into mid-twentieth-century literary culture.

Additional contributions include poetry by Paul Valéry and reviews addressing writers such as Ezra Pound and Robinson Jeffers. A frontispiece by Henri Matisse further reflects the magazine’s close engagement with contemporary art and culture.

As an example of Partisan Review during its most influential period, this issue represents an important document of post-war transatlantic literary and intellectual life.

Year: 1948

Pages: 120

Condition: Good

Notes: Good to Very Good