Intellectuals
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A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an intriguing series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sarte, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillan Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Kenneth Tyan, Noam Chomsky, and others are revealed as intellectuals both brilliant and contradictory, magnetic and dangerous. Cover......Page 1 Copyright page......Page 8 Contents......Page 11 Acknowledgements......Page 13 1 Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 'An Interesting Madman'......Page 15 2 Shelley, or the Heartlessness of Ideas......Page 42 3 Karl Marx: 'Howling Gigantic Curses'......Page 66 4 Henrik Ibsen: 'On the Contrary!'......Page 96 5 Tolstoy: God's Elder Brother......Page 121 6 The Deep Waters of Ernest Hemingway......Page 152 7 Bertolt Brecht: Heart of Ice......Page 187 8 Bertrand Russell: A Case of Logical Fiddlesticks......Page 211 9 Jean-Paul Sartre: 'A Little Ball of Fur and Ink'......Page 239 10 Edmund Wilson: A Brand from the Burning......Page 266 11 The Troubled Conscience of Victor Gollancz......Page 283 12 Lies, Damned Lies and Lillian Hellman......Page 302 George Orwell......Page 320 Evelyn Waugh......Page 324 Cyril Connolly......Page 326 Norman Mailer......Page 334 Kenneth Peacock Tynan......Page 338 Rainer Werner Fassbinder......Page 344 James Baldwin......Page 347 Noam Chomsky......Page 351 1 Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 'An Interesting Madman'......Page 357 2 Shelley, or the Heartlessness of Ideas......Page 358 3 Karl Marx: 'Howling Gigantic Curses'......Page 361 4 Henrik Ibsen: 'On the Contrary!'......Page 363 5 Tolstoy: God's Elder Brother......Page 364 6 The Deep Waters of Ernest Hemingway......Page 366 7 Bertolt Brecht: Heart of Ice......Page 368 8 Bertrand Russell: A Case of Logical Fiddlesticks......Page 369 9 Jean-Paul Sartre: 'A Little Ball of Fur and Ink'......Page 372 10 Edmund Wilson: A Brand from the Burning......Page 374 11 The Troubled Conscience of Victor Gollancz......Page 375 12 Lies, Damned Lies and Lillian Hellman......Page 376 13 The Flight of Reason......Page 377 B......Page 381 C......Page 383 D......Page 384 F......Page 385 G......Page 386 H......Page 387 I......Page 388 K......Page 390 M......Page 391 P......Page 393 R......Page 394 S......Page 395 U......Page 397 W......Page 398 Z......Page 399
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