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The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.
— Irving Howe
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Irving Howe
historian, writer, university teacher, literary critic, journalist
1920 – 1993
Irving Howe was an American author, literary and social critic, and a key figure in the democratic socialist movement in the U.S. He co-founded and served as longtime editor of Dissent magazine. In 1976, he wrote the National Book Award-winning World of Our Fathers, a history of East European Jews who immigrated to America.
All Quotes by Irving Howe
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Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.
— Irving Howe
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Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.
— Irving Howe