Partisan Review, Volume XXVII, Number 2, Spring 1960
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1960 Spring
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This is the Spring 1960 issue (Volume XXVII, Number 2) of Partisan Review, a quarterly American literary and cultural journal. The issue contains essays, poetry, criticism, and correspondence by notable authors and intellectuals. Featured works include 'Masscult and Midcult' by Dwight Macdonald, 'A New Year's Fable' by Vladimir Dudintsev, poetry by Robert Lowell, Ted Hughes, Anne Sexton, and Robert Meany, as well as essays and reviews by James Baldwin, George Lichtheim, Lionel Abel, Iris Murdoch, Raymond Williams, and others. The journal also includes advertisements for books and literary publications. The layout is typical of mid-20th-century literary magazines, with a contents page, editorial information, and advertisements interspersed throughout.