Irving HoweSocialist, Critic, Jew [Hardcover]

... scrupulous, fair-minded and richly-detailed study... the book charts one of the most remarkable intellectual careers of the 20th centurys latter half.... What is most heartening about Mr. Alexanders biography is its exemplary civility and nuance in discussing ideas across the lines of political difference. Nathan Glick, Washington Times

Anyone interested in Howes varied career, and the historical context that has given it its particular shapeAmerican radicalism, the Cold War and anticommunism, the New Left, literary modernism, Jewish lifewill profit handsomely from reading Alexanders respectful book. Wilson Quarterly

Edward Alexander's captivating study of Irving Howe is illuminating and
scrupulous; it is also temperate, generous, and deeply fair-minded. If
Howe were alive, he would thank the authorand even now, in Paradise, he
is surely doing so (while hotly continuing the discussion). Cynthia Ozick

... a singular achievement. Jerusalem Post

... a masterpiece National Jewish Post and Opinion

... meticulous scholarship, felicitous writing style and a literate feistiness. Chicago Jewish Star

An excellent work of insight and criticism, recommended for academic libraries. Library Journal

An insightful, balanced contribution... Booklist

Edward Alexanders estimable intellectual biography... studiously avoids both undue sentimentality and overly harsh censure. Sanford Pinsker, Philadelphia Inquirer

Edward Alexanders well-informed and engaging portrait of Irving Howe does full justice to the complexities of mind and the political passions of one of this country's leading intellectuals. This bracing, perceptive study honors Howe's admirable career by treating it with the same high degree of moral seriousness that characterized Howe's own work at its best. Alvin H. Rosenfeld

Irving Howe, author of World of Our Fathers, the prize-winning history of American Jewish immigrantl£'