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Child of a Turbulent Century CHILD OF A TURBULENT CENTURY victor erlich northwestern university press Evanston, Illinois Northwestern University Press www.nupress.northwestern.edu Copyright © 2006 by Northwestern University Press. Published 2006. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 isbn 0-8101-2350-9 (cloth) isbn 0-8101-2351-7 (paper) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Erlich, Victor, 1914– Child of a turbulent century / Victor Erlich. p. cm. — (Jewish lives) Includes bibliographical references. isbn 0-8101-2350-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 0-8101-2351-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Erlich, Victor, 1914– 2. Critics—Biography. 3. World War, 1939– 1945—Biography. I. Title. II. Series. pg2947.e75a3 2006 891.709—dc22 2006009870 o The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1992. For Mark and Henry Contents Author’s Note 3 In a World of My Own: Life with Grandfather 5 Between Socialist Politics and Neo-Romantic Literature 31 On the Road 51 On the Other Shore: A Tale of Two Leaders 81 “You’re in the Army Now” 107 Back to School: Russian Formalism with Roman Jakobson 125 Academic Pioneering in the Pacific Northwest 143 A Year on the East Coast: Beyond Formalism, Isaiah Berlin 157 Outreach in Seattle and a Continental Interlude 171 From Seattle to Yale, with Visits to Israel and Russia 187 Russia Revisited 207 Heartwarming Closures: “All Is Powered by Love” 217 Notes 223 Child of a Turbulent Century
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