Irving Howe Quotes

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The most glorious vision of the intellectual life is still that which is loosely called humanist: the idea of a mind committed yet dispassionate, ready to stand alone, curious, eager, skeptical. The banner of critical independence, ragged and torn though it may be, is still the best we have.

Irving Howe

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.

Irving Howe

The message of guidance that neither politics nor philosophy nor religion now seems able to provide, we look for in modern literature.

Irving Howe

Irving Howe

Irving Howe

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Born: June 11, 1920

Died: May 5, 1993 (aged 72)

Bio: Irving Howe was a Jewish American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Known for:

Politics and the Novel (1957)
A margin of hope (1982)
Socialism and America (1985)
A Treasury of Yiddish Stories (1954)

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