Partisan Review facts for kids

Partisan Review was an American magazine that focused on politics and literature. It was published four times a year, from 1934 to 2003. The magazine was started by William Phillips and Philip Rahv.

What Was Partisan Review?

Partisan Review began as a publication connected to the John Reed Club. It was meant to be an alternative to New Masses, a magazine linked to the American Communist Party. However, Partisan Review later became strongly against communism, especially after Stalin became a powerful leader.

Many of the early writers for the magazine were children of Jewish immigrants from Europe. The magazine became very important and well-known from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. After that, it slowly became less important in American culture.

William Phillips, one of the founders, passed away in September 2002 at 94 years old. His wife, Edith Kurzweil, continued to publish the magazine until April 2003.

Famous Works and Writers

In 1949, Partisan Review gave a special award to George Orwell. They recognized his famous book, Nineteen Eighty-Four, as the most important literary work of that year.

Many classic stories and articles were first printed in Partisan Review. Some of these include:

• Saul Bellow's "Two Morning Monologues"
• Two parts of T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets"
• Leslie Fiedler's "Come Back to the Raft Ag’in, Huck Honey"
• Clement Greenberg's "Avant-Garde and Kitsch"
• George Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys"
• Delmore Schwartz's "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities"
• Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Gimpel the Fool"
• Susan Sontag's "Notes on "Camp""

References

• Bloom, Alexander, Prodigal Sons: The New York Intellectuals & Their World, Oxford University Press, 1986. ISBN: 978-0-19-505177-3

See also

In Spanish: Partisan Review para niños