Irving Howe
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Irving Howe was an American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America
.
, New York
, as a son of Jewish immigrants from Bukovina
who ran a small grocery store that went out of business during the Great Depression
. He never publicly explained his name change from "Horenstein" to "Howe."
Like many New York Intellectuals, Howe attended City College
(CCNY) and graduated in 1940, alongside Daniel Bell
and Irving Kristol
. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Upon his return, he began writing literary and cultural criticism for the influential Partisan Review
and became a frequent essayist for Commentary
, Politics
, The Nation
, The New Republic
, and The New York Review of Books
. In 1954, Howe helped found the intellectual quarterly Dissent
, which he edited until his death in 1993. In the 1950s Howe taught English and Yiddish literature at Brandeis University
in Waltham, MA. He used the Howe and Greenberg Treasury of Yiddish Stories as the text for a course on the Yiddish story at a time when few were spreading knowledge or appreciation of these works in American colleges and universities.
Since his CCNY days, Howe was committed to left-wing politics. He was a member of the Young People's Socialist League
and then Max Shachtman
's Workers Party
. He left this movement in the early 1950s. At the request of his friend Michael Harrington
, he helped co-found the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
in the early 1970s. DSOC merged into the Democratic Socialists of America
in 1982, with Howe as a vice-chair. He was a vociferous opponent of both Soviet totalitarianism
and McCarthyism
, called into question standard Marxist doctrine
, and came into conflict with the New Left
after criticizing their unmitigated radicalism. Later in life, his politics gravitated toward more pragmatic democratic socialism
and foreign policy, a position still represented in the idiosyncratic political and social arguments of Dissent.
Known for literary criticism as well social and political activism, Howe wrote studies on Thomas Hardy
, William Faulkner
, politics and the novel, and a history of Eastern European Jews in America entitled World of Our Fathers which won a National Book Award
. He also edited and translated many Yiddish stories, and commissioned the first English translation of Isaac Bashevis Singer
for the Partisan Review
. He also wrote A Margin of Hope, his autobiography, and Socialism and America.
Howe had two children, Nina and the late Nicholas, with his second wife, Thalia Phillies. Howe also had two grandchildren, Anastasia and Nicholas.
A biography of Howe, entitled Irving Howe: A Life of Passionate Dissent, was published by Gerald Sorin.
Democratic Socialists of America
Democratic Socialists of America is a social-democratic organization in the United States and the U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, an international federation of social-democratic,democratic socialist and labor political parties and organizations.DSA was formed in 1982 by a merger of...
.
Life and career
Howe was born as Irving Horenstein in The BronxThe Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, as a son of Jewish immigrants from Bukovina
Bukovina
Bukovina is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains.-Name:The name Bukovina came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation from the Principality of Moldavia to the possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy, which became...
who ran a small grocery store that went out of business during the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
. He never publicly explained his name change from "Horenstein" to "Howe."
Like many New York Intellectuals, Howe attended City College
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
(CCNY) and graduated in 1940, alongside Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, best known for his seminal contributions to the study of post-industrialism...
and Irving Kristol
Irving Kristol
Irving Kristol was an American columnist, journalist, and writer who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism"...
. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Upon his return, he began writing literary and cultural criticism for the influential Partisan Review
Partisan Review
Partisan Review was an American political and literary quarterly published from 1934 to 2003, though it suspended publication between October 1936 and December 1937.-Overview:...
and became a frequent essayist for Commentary
Commentary (magazine)
Commentary is a monthly American magazine on politics, Judaism, social and cultural issues. It was founded by the American Jewish Committee in 1945. By 1960 its editor was Norman Podhoretz, a liberal at the time who moved sharply to the right in the 1970s and 1980s becoming a strong voice for the...
, Politics
Politics (journal)
Politics was a journal founded and edited by Dwight Macdonald from 1944 to 1949.Macdonald had previously been editor at Partisan Review from 1937 to 1943, but after falling out with its publishers, quit to start Politics as a rival publication, first on a monthly basis and then as a...
, The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
, The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
, and The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books is a fortnightly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs. Published in New York City, it takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity...
. In 1954, Howe helped found the intellectual quarterly Dissent
Dissent (magazine)
Dissent is a quarterly magazine focusing on politics and culture edited by Michael Walzer and Michael Kazin. The magazine is published for the Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas, Inc by the University of Pennsylvania Press....
, which he edited until his death in 1993. In the 1950s Howe taught English and Yiddish literature at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
in Waltham, MA. He used the Howe and Greenberg Treasury of Yiddish Stories as the text for a course on the Yiddish story at a time when few were spreading knowledge or appreciation of these works in American colleges and universities.
Since his CCNY days, Howe was committed to left-wing politics. He was a member of the Young People's Socialist League
Young People's Socialist League
The Young People's Socialist League , founded in 1989, is the official youth arm of the Socialist Party USA. The group's membership consists of those democratic socialists under the age of 30, and its political activities tend to concentrate on increasing the voter turnout of young democratic...
and then Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman was an American Marxist theorist. He evolved from being an associate of Leon Trotsky to a social democrat and mentor of senior assistants to AFL-CIO President George Meany.-Beginnings:...
's Workers Party
Workers Party (US)
Not to be confused with the modern Marxist-Leninist party, Workers Party, USA.The Workers Party was a Third Camp Trotskyist group in the United States. It was founded in April 1940 by members of the Socialist Workers Party who opposed the Soviet invasion of Finland. They included Max Shachtman,...
. He left this movement in the early 1950s. At the request of his friend Michael Harrington
Michael Harrington
Edward Michael "Mike" Harrington was an American democratic socialist, writer, political activist, professor of political science, radio commentator and founder of the Democratic Socialists of America.-Personal life:...
, he helped co-found the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
The Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee was founded in 1973 by Michael Harrington, who led a minority caucus in the Socialist Party. Harrington's caucus supported George McGovern's his call for a cease-fire and immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam...
in the early 1970s. DSOC merged into the Democratic Socialists of America
Democratic Socialists of America
Democratic Socialists of America is a social-democratic organization in the United States and the U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, an international federation of social-democratic,democratic socialist and labor political parties and organizations.DSA was formed in 1982 by a merger of...
in 1982, with Howe as a vice-chair. He was a vociferous opponent of both Soviet totalitarianism
Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible...
and McCarthyism
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by...
, called into question standard Marxist doctrine
Orthodox Marxism
Orthodox Marxism is the term used to describe the version of Marxism which emerged after the death of Karl Marx and acted as the official philosophy of the Second International up to the First World War and of the Third International thereafter...
, and came into conflict with the New Left
New Left
The New Left was a term used mainly in the United Kingdom and United States in reference to activists, educators, agitators and others in the 1960s and 1970s who sought to implement a broad range of reforms, in contrast to earlier leftist or Marxist movements that had taken a more vanguardist...
after criticizing their unmitigated radicalism. Later in life, his politics gravitated toward more pragmatic democratic socialism
Democratic socialism
Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...
and foreign policy, a position still represented in the idiosyncratic political and social arguments of Dissent.
Known for literary criticism as well social and political activism, Howe wrote studies on Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet. While his works typically belong to the Naturalism movement, several poems display elements of the previous Romantic and Enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural.While he regarded himself primarily as a...
, William Faulkner
William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of media; he wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays during his career...
, politics and the novel, and a history of Eastern European Jews in America entitled World of Our Fathers which won a National Book Award
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
. He also edited and translated many Yiddish stories, and commissioned the first English translation of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer – July 24, 1991) was a Polish Jewish American author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978...
for the Partisan Review
Partisan Review
Partisan Review was an American political and literary quarterly published from 1934 to 2003, though it suspended publication between October 1936 and December 1937.-Overview:...
. He also wrote A Margin of Hope, his autobiography, and Socialism and America.
Howe had two children, Nina and the late Nicholas, with his second wife, Thalia Phillies. Howe also had two grandchildren, Anastasia and Nicholas.
A biography of Howe, entitled Irving Howe: A Life of Passionate Dissent, was published by Gerald Sorin.
Selected publications
- Smash the profiteers: vote for security and a living wage, New York, N.Y. : Workers Party Campaign Committee, 1946.
- Don't pay more rent!, Long Island City, N.Y. : Published by Workers Party Publications for the Workers Party of the United States 1947.
- The UAW and Walter Reuther, with B J Widick. New York, Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
, 1949. - Sherwood Anderson, New York, SloaneWilliam Milligan Sloane IIIWilliam Milligan Sloane III , also known simply as William Sloane, was an American author of fantasy and science fiction literature, and a publisher....
, 1951. - William Faulkner, a critical study, New York, Random House, 1952.
- The American Communist Party, a critical history, 1919-1957, with Lewis Coser with the assistance of Julius JacobsonJulius JacobsonJulius Jacobson was an American socialist writer and editor who edited Anvil, New International, and New Politics, all publications in the Third Camp tradition of socialism, a democratic Marxist tradition sometimes called "Shachtmanite" after its significant theorist, Max...
. Boston, Beacon PressBeacon PressBeacon Press is an American non-profit book publisher. Founded in 1854 by the American Unitarian Association, it is currently a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association.Beacon Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses....
, 1957. - Politics and the novel, New York, Horizon Press, 1957.
- The Jewish Labor Movement in America: two views., with Israel Knox New York, Jewish Labor CommitteeJewish Labor CommitteeThe Jewish Labor Committee is an American secular Jewish organization dedicated to promoting labor union interests in Jewish communities, and Jewish interests within unions. The organization is headquartered in New York City, with local/regional offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago...
, 1957. - Edith Wharton, a collection of critical essays, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall 1962
- Poverty : views from the left, with Jeremy LarnerJeremy LarnerJeremy Larner is an author, poet, journalist and speechwriter. He won an Academy Award in 1972 for Best Original Screenplay, for writing The Candidate.-Childhood:...
New York : Apollo, 1962. - A world more attractive; a view of modern literature and politics., New York, Horizon Press, 1963.
- Sherwood Anderson's Winesbury, Ohio, Washington, DC : Voice of AmericaVoice of AmericaVoice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...
, 1964. American novel series #14. - New styles in "leftism.", New York, League for Industrial DemocracyLeague for Industrial DemocracyThe League for Industrial Democracy , from 1960-1965 known as the Students for a Democratic Society , was founded in 1905 by a group of notable socialists including Harry W. Laidler, Jack London, Norman Thomas, Upton Sinclair, and J.G. Phelps Stokes...
, 1965. - On the nature of communism and relations with communists, New York, League for Industrial Democracy, 1966.
- Steady work; essays in the politics of democratic radicalism, 1953-1966., New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966.
- Thomas Hardy, New York, MacmillanMacmillan PublishersMacmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
, 1967. - The idea of the modern in literature and the arts, New York, Horizon Press, 1967.
- Literary modernism., Greenwich, Conn., Fawcett Publications, 1967.
- Student activism., Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1967.
- Shoptalk : an instructor's manual for Classics of modern fiction : eight short novels editor, New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968.
- Beyond the new left, New York, McCallMcCall CorporationMcCall Corporation was an American publishing company that produced some popular magazines. These included Redbook for women, Bluebook for men, McCall's, the Saturday Review, and Popular Mechanics...
Pub. Co., 1970. ISBN 0841500215 - Decline of the new, New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970
- The critical point, on literature and culture, New York, Horizon Press, 1973
- World of our fathers; the journey of the East European Jews to America and the life they found and made , New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976
- New perspectives: the diaspora and Israel, with Matityahu Peled New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976
- Trotsky, London : Fontana Modern MastersFontana Modern MastersThe Fontana Modern Masters was a series of pocket guides on the writers, philosophers, and other thinkers and theorists whose ideas were shaping the intellectual landscape of the twentieth century. The first five titles were published on 12 January 1970 by Fontana Books, the paperback imprint of...
, 1978 - Leon Trotsky, New York : Viking Press, 1978
- Celebrations and attacks : thirty years of literary and cultural commentary, New York : Horizon Press, 1979. ISBN 0818011769
- The threat of conservatism with Gus TylerGus TylerAugust "Gus" Tyler was an American socialist activist of the 1930s, a labor union official, author, and newspaper columnist...
and Peter SteinfelsPeter SteinfelsPeter F. Steinfels is an American journalist and educator best known for his writings on religious topics.A native of Chicago, Illinois, and a lifelong Roman Catholic, Steinfels earned his Ph.D from Columbia University and joined the staff of the journal Commonweal in 1964...
, New York, N.Y. : Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas, 1980. - The making of a critic, Bennington, Vt. : Bennington CollegeBennington CollegeBennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
, 1982. Ben BelittBen BelittBen Belitt was an American poet and translator. Besides writing poetry, he also translated several books of poetry by Pablo Neruda and Federico García Lorca from Spanish to English.-Life:...
lectureship series, #5. - A Margin of Hope: An intellectual Autobiography, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. ISBN 0-15-157138-4.
- Socialism and America, San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985.
- The American newness: culture and politics in the age of Emerson, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University PressHarvard University PressHarvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
, 1986. - American Jews and liberalism with Michael WalzerMichael WalzerMichael Walzer is a prominent American political philosopher and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, he is co-editor of Dissent, an intellectual magazine that he has been affiliated with since his years as an undergraduate at...
, Leonard FeinLeonard FeinLeonard Fein is a writer and teacher. He founded the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy, and was co-founder and for 12 years editor of Moment Magazine....
and Mitchell CohenMitchell CohenMitchell Cohen is an author, political essayist, and since 1991, co-editor of Dissent, one of America’s leading intellectual quarterlies. Born in New York in 1952, he received his doctorate from Columbia University...
, New York, N.Y. : Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas, 1986. - The return of terrorism, Bronx, N.Y.: Lehman CollegeLehman CollegeLehman College is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, USA. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within the City University in 1968. The college is named after Herbert Lehman, a former New York governor,...
of the City University of New YorkCity University of New YorkThe City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
, 1989. Herbert H. LehmanHerbert H. LehmanHerbert Henry Lehman was a Democratic Party politician from New York. He was the 45th Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957.-Lehman Brothers:...
memorial lecture Lehman College publications, #22. - Selected writings, 1950-1990 San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.
- A critic's notebook edited and introduced by Nicholas Howe, New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994.
- The end of Jewish secularism, New York: Hunter CollegeHunter CollegeHunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
of the City University of New YorkCity University of New YorkThe City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
, 1995. Occasional papers in Jewish history and thought, #1.
Introductions, translations, etc.
- The essence of Judaism, by Leo Baeck, translated by Howe and Victor Grubwieser, New York: Schocken BooksSchocken BooksSchocken Books is a publishing company that was established in Berlin with a publishing office in Prague in 1931 by the Schocken Department Store owner Salman Schocken. It published the writings of Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Franz Kafka and S. Y...
1948. - A treasury of Yiddish stories, editor with Eliezer Greenberg New York, Viking PressViking PressViking Press is an American publishing company owned by the Penguin Group, which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim...
, 1954. - Modern literary criticism: an anthology, editor, Boston, Beacon Press, 1958.
- New Grub StreetNew Grub StreetNew Grub Street is a novel by George Gissing published in 1891, which is set in the literary and journalistic circles of 1880s London. Gissing revised and shortened the novel for a French edition of 1901....
by George GissingGeorge GissingGeorge Robert Gissing was an English novelist who published twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.-Early life:...
; edited and introduced by Irving Howe, Boston : Houghton MifflinHoughton MifflinHoughton Mifflin Harcourt is an educational and trade publisher in the United States. Headquartered in Boston's Back Bay, it publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults.-History:The company was...
, 1962. - The basic writings of Trotsky edited and introduced by Irving Howe, New York, Random House, 1963.
- The Historical Novel by Georg LukacsGeorg LukácsGyörgy Lukács was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic. He is a founder of the tradition of Western Marxism. He contributed the concept of reification to Marxist philosophy and theory and expanded Karl Marx's theory of class consciousness. Lukács' was also an influential literary...
; preface by Irving Howe, Boston: Beacon PressBeacon PressBeacon Press is an American non-profit book publisher. Founded in 1854 by the American Unitarian Association, it is currently a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association.Beacon Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses....
, 1963 - Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four: text, sources, criticism editor, New York : Harcourt, Brace and World, 1963.
- An American TragedyAn American Tragedy-Plot summary:The ambitious but immature Clyde Griffiths, raised by poor and devoutly religious parents who force him to participate in their street missionary work, is anxious to achieve better things. His troubles begin when he takes a job as a bellboy at a local hotel. The boys he meets are...
by Theodore DreiserTheodore DreiserTheodore Herman Albert Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of...
; afterword by Irving Howe, New York : Signet Classic, 1964. - Jude the obscureJude the ObscureJude the Obscure, the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, began as a magazine serial and was first published in book form in 1895. The book was burned publicly by William Walsham How, Bishop of Wakefield, in that same year. Its hero, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a...
by Thomas HardyThomas HardyThomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet. While his works typically belong to the Naturalism movement, several poems display elements of the previous Romantic and Enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural.While he regarded himself primarily as a...
; edited with an introduction by Irving Howe, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. - The radical papers editor, New York : Doubleday, 1966.
- Selected writings: stories, poems and essays. by Thomas Hardy; edited with an introduction by Irving Howe, Greenwich, Conn., Fawcett PublicationsFawcett PublicationsFawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett . At the age of 16, Fawcett ran away from home to join the Army, and the Spanish-American War took him to the Philippines. Back in Minnesota, he became a...
, 1966. - Selected short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer edited with an introduction by Irving Howe, New York, Modern LibraryModern LibraryThe Modern Library is a publishing company. Founded in 1917 by Albert Boni and Horace Liveright as an imprint of their publishing company Boni & Liveright, it was purchased in 1925 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer...
, 1966. - The radical imagination; an anthology from Dissent Magazine editor, New York : New American LibraryNew American LibraryNew American Library is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948; it produced affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works, as well as popular, pulp, and "hard-boiled" fiction. Non-fiction, original, and hardcopy issues were also produced.Victor Weybright and Kurt...
, 1967. - A Dissenter's guide to foreign policy editor, New York : Praeger, 1968.
- Classics of modern fiction; eight short novels editor, New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968.
- A treasury of Yiddish poetry, editor with Eliezer Greenberg New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
- Essential works of socialism editor, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
- The literature of America; nineteenth century editor, New York, McGraw-HillMcGraw-HillThe McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, education, publishing, broadcasting, and business services...
, 1970. - Israel, the Arabs, and the Middle East editor with Carl GershmanCarl GershmanCarl Gershman has been the President of the National Endowment for Democracy since its 1984 founding. He had served as the U.S...
, New York, Quadrangle Books, 1970. - Voices from the Yiddish: essays, memoirs, diaries, editor with Eliezer Greenberg Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1972.
- The seventies: problems and proposals, editor with Michael HarringtonMichael HarringtonEdward Michael "Mike" Harrington was an American democratic socialist, writer, political activist, professor of political science, radio commentator and founder of the Democratic Socialists of America.-Personal life:...
New York, Harper & Row, 1972. - The world of the blue-collar worker editor, New York, Quadrangle Books, 1972.
- Yiddish stories, old and new, editor with Eliezer Greenberg New York, Holiday HouseHoliday HouseHoliday House, Inc., is a publishing house founded in 1935 in New York City, specializing in children's literature. It is a member of the Children's Book Council....
1974 - The new conservatives: a critique from the left editor, New York, Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., 1974.
- HerzogHerzog (novel)Herzog is a 1964 novel by Saul Bellow. Letters from the protagonist constitute much of the text.Herzog won the 1965 National Book Award for Fiction and the The Prix International...
by Saul BellowSaul BellowSaul Bellow was a Canadian-born Jewish American writer. For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts...
text and criticism edited by Irving Howe, New York, Viking Press, 1976. - Jewish-American stories, editor, New York : New American Library, 1977.
- Ashes out of hope: fiction by Soviet-Yiddish writers, editor with Eliezer Greenberg New York : Schocken Books, 1977.
- Literature as experience: an anthology editor with John HollanderJohn HollanderJohn Hollander is a Jewish-American poet and literary critic. As of 2007, he is Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University...
and David BromwichDavid Bromwich-Career:Having graduated from Yale with a B.A. in 1973 and a Ph.D. four years later, he became an instructor at Princeton University, where he was promoted to Mellon Professor of English before returning to Yale in 1988. From 1995 he served as the Housum Professor of English at Yale...
, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. - The best of Sholem Aleichem edited by Irving Howe and Ruth WisseRuth WisseRuth R. Wisse is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University.She is the sister of David Roskies, professor of Yiddish and Jewish literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary.-Career:...
, Washington: New Republic Book, 1979. - Twenty-five years of Dissent: an American tradition compiled and with an introd. by Irving Howe, New York : Methuen, 1979.
- How we lived: a documentary history of immigrant Jews in America, 1880-1930 editor with Kenneth Libo, New York : R. Marek, 1979.
- The portable Kipling editor, New York, Viking Press, 1982
- Beyond the welfare state editor, New York : Schocken Books, 1982.
- Short shorts: an anthology of the shortest stories edited by Irving Howe and Ilana Wiener Howe with an introduction by Irving Howe, Boston, Mass: D.R. Godine, 1982
- 1984 revisited: totalitarianism in our century editor, New York : Harper & Row, 1983.
- Alternatives, proposals for America from the democratic left editor, New York : Pantheon Books, 1984.
- We lived there, too: in their own words and pictures—pioneer Jews and the westward movement of America, 1630-1930 editor with Kenneth Libo, New York : St. Martin's/Marek, 1984.
- The Penguin book of modern Yiddish verse edited by Irving Howe, Ruth WisseRuth WisseRuth R. Wisse is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University.She is the sister of David Roskies, professor of Yiddish and Jewish literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary.-Career:...
and Chone Shmeruk New York, Viking Press, 1987 - Oliver TwistOliver TwistOliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to...
by Charles DickensCharles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
, introduction New York: Bantam, 1990. - The castle by Franz KafkaFranz KafkaFranz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
, introduction London : David Campbell Publishers, 1992. - Little DorritLittle DorritLittle Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period....
by Charles DickensCharles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
, introduction London : David Campbell Publishers, 1992.
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- Dissent, the quarterly that Howe founded and edited.
- from The New York Intellectuals, by Alan M. Wald
- Arguing the World a PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
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