Adlai E. Stevenson and American Intellectuals

This book focuses on a biographical and cultural rendering of Adlai E. Stevenson's alliance with a segment of the intellectual community, with primary attention to the years from 1940 to his death in 1965. At the core of the study is an evaluation of the nature of a relationship that was important both to intellectuals, particularly literary intellectuals, and to Stevenson. This volume exhibits case studies which illumine the alliance through a view of Stevenson's relations with American writers Archibald MacLeish and John Steinbeck.

Ch 1: Introduction. - Ch 2: American Intellectuals and the Presidency. - Ch 3: Adlai Stevenson and American Intellectuals. - Ch 4: The Terms of Endearment. - Ch 5: Adlai Stevenson and Archibald MacLeish. - Ch 6: Adlai Stevenson and John Steinbeck. - Ch 7: Conclusion.