Philip Rahv

Philip Rahv (1908-1973) was a American literary critic and essayist. He was Ukrainian-born and Jewish, firstly called Ivan Greenberg; he made his way to the USA via Palestine, and worked as a teacher of Hebrew.

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1908 - 1973 - American - Literary critic - Essayist - Ukrainian - Jew - Palestine - Hebrew

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He joined the American Communist Party in 1932. He is noted for his role in founding Partisan Review, with William Phillips, in 1933; it broke with the Soviet line in 1937, and became influential. Rahv remained a Marxist.

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American Communist Party - Partisan Review - William Phillips - Soviet - Marxist

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He is also known for his later hostility to myth-criticism, in the style of Northrop Frye. As he put it "what the craze for myth represents most of all is the fear of history".

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Myth-criticism - Northrop Frye

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