Partisan Review, Winter 1956, Volume 23, Number 1
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Winter 1956
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This issue of Partisan Review, published in Winter 1956 as Volume 23, Number 1, features essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews by prominent mid-20th-century intellectuals and writers. The cover lists major contributions including 'Mozart as Dramatist' by Joseph Kerman, 'The Will and Testament of Ibsen' by Mary McCarthy, 'Dawn (a story)' by J. F. Powers, 'Dream and Creation in Kafka' by Selma Fraiberg, 'Orwell as a Moderate Hero' by Irving Howe, and 'The Yeats Letters' by F. W. Dupee. Additional content includes poetry by Dannie Abse, Leslie A. Fiedler, William Jay Smith, Wilfred Watson, and Richard Wilbur, as well as reviews by Newton Arvin, Arthur A. Cohen, Joseph Frank, Edwin Honig, Stanley Edgar Hyman, Hans Meyerhoff, Arthur Mizener, and William V. Shannon. The issue contains advertisements for contemporary books from major publishers. The journal is printed in black and white on paper, with a minimalist cover design and a price of $1.00.