Martin Buber, the Life of Dialogue, by Maurice S. Friedman; The Writings of Martin Buber, edited by Will Herberg by Heinz Politzer
The Lost Library, by Walter Mehring by Heinz Politzer FORCEFULNESS was never the forte of the progressive literati of the Weimar Republic. Except in the case of Berthold Brecht,…
The Two Worlds of Delmore Schwartz:Lucifer in Brooklyn by Heinz Politzer AN ALMOST constant division runs through the works of Delmore A I~Schwartz. There is the world of his own experience,…
On the Horizon: Menotti’s “The Consul” by Heinz Politzer Gian-Carlo Menott's “musical drama” The Consul has been received with great acclaim.
The Blue Piano of Else Lasker-Schueler:“A Hebrew Poetess in the German Tongue” by Heinz Politzer On a cold winter's day at the end of 1944, as the war was drawing to its close, we buried…
On the Horizon: Franz Werfel: Reporter of the Sublime by Heinz Politzer In a review of Franz Werfel's poems, 1908-1945, Erich Kahler wrote (COMMENTARY, February 1948): “Franz Werfel was a bad author…
Rudolf Borchardt: Poet of Assimilation:The Extreme Case of an Extreme Tendency by Heinz Politzer The death sentence pronounced (though never carried out) on Rudolf Borchardt by the Nazis (most incompetent of judges) recalls the…
From Little Nemo to Li’l Abner:Comic Strips as Present-Day American Folklore by Heinz Politzer On the heels of the Truman election came the publication of Al Capp's Life and Times of the Shmoo.
