The Last Romantic

Download or read book The Last Romantic written by William L. O'Neill and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1990-09-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poet and Journalist, Max Eastman is perhaps the most famous example of an American intellectual who during his life moved across the entire political spectrum. This reexamination of his career and his place in history reveals the dynamics behind his several careers and political transformations, offering new insight into one of the most influential writers of this century. It is a model biography of a key intellectual of the twentieth century. It is also both a perspective social history of his times and a study in the history of ideas. The book will find a welcome place in history, literature, and political science courses, as well as in personal libraries.