Rahv

American  

[rahv] / rɑv /

noun

1. Philip, 1908–73, U.S. literary critic, born in Russia.

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Example Sentences

Because Saul Bellow and the influential Philip Rahv had both dismissed “The Breast,” the plan was to rebuff and rebut his critics in a significant literary venue.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2021

In his twenties, he began to write for Sol Levitas, at The New Leader; Randall Jarrell, at The Nation; and Philip Rahv, at The Partisan Review: white publications headed by white men.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017

Many of the critics who reviewed it—Irving Howe, Philip Rahv, Stanley Edgar Hyman, Richard Ellmann, Richard Poirier—knew Bellow personally and knew all about the divorce.

From The New Yorker • May 4, 2015

While studying Dante and Shakespeare at the Indiana University School of Letters in the summer of 1952, he struck up an acquaintance with Philip Rahv, the editor of Partisan Review, who encouraged his critical ambitions.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2012

Edited with an introd. & comments by Philip Rahv.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office