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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,... read more
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Summary edit
This books shows the not so well known facts of many cultural icons. It can be said that it illustrates the darker side or weaknesses of many figures. it is still important to know that many important historical figures had faults.
Setting & Locations edit
- Brecht
- London
- America
- Russia
- Paris
- New York
- Europe
- England
- Spain
- France
- Moscow
- United States
- Cuba
- Britain
- East Berlin
- East Germany
- Hollywood
- Rome
- Venice
- Denmark
- Eton
- Norway
- China
- Chicago
- Yasnaya Polyana
- Christiania
- Vietnam
- Italy
- Havana
- Oxford
- Bergen
- White Negro
- Dublin
- Schoenman
- Berkeley
- Harlem
- Africa
- Atlantic
- Munich
- Soviet Union
- California
- Cambridge
- New Jersey
- Lbc
- Sussex
- Stockholm
- Capital
First Sentence edit
Over the past two hundred years the influence of intellectuals has grown steadily.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paul Johnson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0060160500
Page Count: 385
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0060160500
Page Count: 385
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 305.552
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