02105nam 2200481 a 450 991082819720332120200520144314.00-8232-4847-X(CKB)2670000000233621(MiAaPQ)EBC3239710(Au-PeEL)EBL3239710(CaPaEBR)ebr10586768(OCoLC)811403326(EXLCZ)99267000000023362120040622d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSmall town /Granville Hicks1st Fordham University Press ed.New York Fordham University Press2004xl, 272 p. ill0-8232-2357-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Starting out from Roxborough -- The natural history of an intellectual -- What came with the house -- The rise and fall of a country town -- The influence of a ghost -- The mind of Roxborough -- Human nature, Roxborough style -- Institutions and people -- The future of the town -- The larger society -- The burden on the schools -- The duty of the intellectuals.Granville Hicks was one of America's most influential literary and social critics. Along with Malcolm Cowley, F. O. Matthiessen, Max Eastman, Alfred Kazin, and others, he shaped the cultural landscape of 20th-century America. In 1946 Hicks published Small Town, a portrait of life in the rural crossroads of Grafton, N.Y., where he had moved after being fired from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for his left-wing political views.City and town lifeIntellectualsCities and townsUnited StatesCity and town life.Intellectuals.Cities and towns307.76Hicks Granville1901-1982.1620320MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828197203321Small town3953012UNINA