New York Public Intellectuals and Beyond

Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
A Note on Organization
The New York Intellectuals
“A Profoundly Hegemonic Moment”: Demythologizing the Cold War New York Jewish Intellectuals, by Nathan Abrams
Jew d’Esprit, by Eugene Goodheart
Eating Kosher Ivy: Jews as Literary Intellectuals, by Daniel R. Schwarz
Jewish Intellectuals and the “Deep Places of the Imagination”, by Mark Krupnick
Lionel Trilling’s The Middle of the Journey and the Complicated Origins of the Neoconservative Movement, by Michael Kimmage
Memorial for a Revolutionist: Dwight Macdonald, “A Critical American”, by John Rodden
Irving Howe: Triple Thinker, by John Rodden
Mark Krupnick and Lionel Trilling: Anxiety and Influence, by Mark Shechner
Discussion Forum
Beyond
What (Do?) a Transcendentalist, an Abolitionist-Women’s Rights Activist, and a Race Man Have to Do with the New York Intellectuals?, by Ryan Schneider
The Coming of Age of a Jewish Female Intellectual: Anzia Yezierska’s Red Ribbon on a White Horse, by Meredith Goldsmith
The (Not So) New Black Public Intellectuals, from the Nineties to the Oughts, by Ethan Goffman
Simply Said: Edward W. Said and the New York Intellectual Tradition, by Matthew Abraham
Feminist (and “Womanist”) as Public Intellectuals? Elfriede Jelinek and Alice Walker, by Tobe Levin
Town Whores into Warmongers: The Ascent of the Neoconservatives and the Revival of Anti-Jewish Rhetoric in American Public Discourse, 1986–2006, by Susanne Klingenstein
Nostalgia and Recognition: Ilan Stavans and Morris Dickstein in Conversation, by Ilan Stavans and Morris Dickstein
Afterword
Questions for Discussion
Bibliography
Index