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Mann, Klaus, 1906-1949 Decision [Vol. I, No. 1 (January 1941)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.058 Author/Creator: Mann, Klaus, 1906-1949 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: January 1941 Pagination: 72 p. : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

One issue of "Decision," edited by Klaus Mann dated 1941. Publishes reflections on politics, technology, philosophy, education by notable writers such as Aldous Huxley, W. H. Auden, and Jean Cocteau. Mann's editorial letter states that they do not wish to create "another Ivory Tower," and will criticize from the perspective of philosophy and poetry.

Benet, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943
Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963
Bernstein, Henry, fl. 1941
Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005
Gregory, Horace, 1898-1982
Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942
Flanner, Janet, 1892-1978
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980
Mann, Heinrich, 1871-1950
Auden, W. H.,1907-1973
Ascoli, Max, 1898-1978
Michaelis, Karin, 1872-1950
Kingdon, Frank, 1885-1958
Boyd, Ernst, fl. 1941
Mann, Klaus, 1906-1949
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986
Curtiss, Thomas Quinn, 1915-2000
Amster, Leonard, fl. 1941
Plant, Richard R., fl. 1941
Lowe, Jeannette, fl. 1941

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