Partisan Review, May 1948, Volume 15, Number 5
Date
1948-05
DOI
Authors
Version
OA Version
Citation
Abstract
Description
This issue of Partisan Review, dated May 1948 (Volume 15, Number 5), is a literary and cultural journal featuring essays, criticism, and fiction by prominent mid-20th-century writers and intellectuals. The cover lists contributions from Philip Rahv, Alfred Kazin, Jean-Paul Sartre, Josephine Herbst, Nicolas Nabokov, Clement Greenberg, Elio Vittorini, Weldon Kees, and Frank Jones. The content includes discussions on socialism, existentialism, atonality in music, literary criticism, and contemporary poetry. The issue contains advertisements for books, subscription information, and contributor biographies. The journal is printed in black and white, with a simple typographic layout and occasional illustrations or decorative elements. The physical format is typical of mid-century American literary magazines, using newsprint or similar paper.