Oral history interview with Jason Epstein, 1995

 

Name
Epstein, Jason (Interviewee)
Dorman, Joseph, 1958- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Jason Epstein, 1995
Abstract
Columbia University 1940s, literary studies, Mark Van Doren, literary modernism, intellectual life of students; Editor, Anchor Books 1951, Doubleday 1951-1958, Random House 1951-; Anchor Books, authors, market; New York City intellectual milieu 1950-, Partisan Review; introduction to cultural politics; New York intellectuals, personalities, politics, Jewish identity, social life, anti-Communism; Co ngress for Cultural Freedom, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); decline of New York intellectuals, role of CIA, Vietnam, 1969 New York Teachers Strike; New York Review of Books, founding of, authors, articles, finances, standards of; New Left; responsibility of intellectuals
Collection Name
Arguing the World oral history collection
Subjects
New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century; Epstein, Jason
Format
oral histories; video recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1995
Note (Biographical)
Publisher
Note
Interviewed by Joseph Dorman
Note (Provenance)
Joseph Dorman, Gift 1998
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
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Catalog Record
15146097
Also In
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-g61f-b631
Related URLs
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