For sale is the June 1963 issue (No. 117) of the influential journal Encounter,
edited by Stephen Spender and Melvin J. Lasky. This edition boasts a remarkable range of contributors, covering literature, music, and Cold War politics.A truly outstanding issue with an incredible breadth of talent, featuring:C. S. LEWIS: A book review ("After the Storm") by the legendary author of The Chronicles of Narnia and renowned academic, C. S. Lewis.NADINE GORDIMER: A powerful essay on censorship ("The Complacent Exhibitionists") by the celebrated South African writer and future Nobel Prize laureate, Nadine Gordimer.IGOR STRAVINSKY: The cover story, "Stravinsky's Return," an inside account of the composer's historic 1962 visit to the Soviet Union, written by his close collaborator Robert Craft.POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: An important analysis of the conservative philosopher Michael Oakeshott ("The World of Michael Oakeshott") by political theorist Bernard Crick.ALSO INCLUDES: An essay on "Culture & the Cold War" by Herbert Luethy, a piece by the French Nouveau Roman novelist Michel Butor, and much more.An essential collector's item for anyone interested in C. S. Lewis, Nadine Gordimer, and 20th-century cultural history.
edited by Stephen Spender and Melvin J. Lasky. This edition boasts a remarkable range of contributors, covering literature, music, and Cold War politics.A truly outstanding issue with an incredible breadth of talent, featuring:C. S. LEWIS: A book review ("After the Storm") by the legendary author of The Chronicles of Narnia and renowned academic, C. S. Lewis.NADINE GORDIMER: A powerful essay on censorship ("The Complacent Exhibitionists") by the celebrated South African writer and future Nobel Prize laureate, Nadine Gordimer.IGOR STRAVINSKY: The cover story, "Stravinsky's Return," an inside account of the composer's historic 1962 visit to the Soviet Union, written by his close collaborator Robert Craft.POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: An important analysis of the conservative philosopher Michael Oakeshott ("The World of Michael Oakeshott") by political theorist Bernard Crick.ALSO INCLUDES: An essay on "Culture & the Cold War" by Herbert Luethy, a piece by the French Nouveau Roman novelist Michel Butor, and much more.An essential collector's item for anyone interested in C. S. Lewis, Nadine Gordimer, and 20th-century cultural history.