Randolph Bourne, a notable American critic and social activist, courageously opposed World War I. He was an essayist and literary critic, born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA. He was congenitally deformed (dwarfism) and did not begin college until age 23, but his intellectual range and brilliance were so developed that when he graduated from Columbia University (1913) he also published his first collection of essays, Youth and Life. He traveled in Europe for a year (1913–14), where his optimism was tested by the breakout of World War 1. On returning to the USA he contributed articles about general literacy and cultural issues to the New Republic, but his commitment to pacifism led him to publish in the more radical Masses. Just as his career as a writer was beginning to expand, he died during the postwar influenza epidemic.
The Randolph Bourne Institute (RBI) seeks to honor his memory by promoting a non-interventionist foreign policy for the United States as the best way of fostering a peaceful, more prosperous world.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Bourne"
The Randolph Bourne Institute (RBI) seeks to honor his memory by promoting a non-interventionist foreign policy for the United States as the best way of fostering a peaceful, more prosperous world.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Bourne"
Randolph Bourne, a notable American critic and social activist, courageously opposed World War I. He was an essayist and literary critic, born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA. He was congenitally deformed (dwarfism) and did not begin college until age 23, but his intellectual range and brilliance were so developed that when he graduated from Columbia University (1913) he also published his first collection of essays, Youth and Life. He traveled in Europe for a year (1913–14), where his optimism was tested by the breakout of World War 1. On returning to the USA he contributed articles about general literacy and cultural issues to the New Republic, but his commitment to pacifism led him to publish in the more radical Masses. Just as his career as a writer was beginning to expand, he died during the postwar influenza epidemic.
The Randolph Bourne Institute (RBI) seeks to honor his memory by promoting a non-interventionist foreign policy for the United States as the best way of fostering a peaceful, more prosperous world.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Bourne"
The Randolph Bourne Institute (RBI) seeks to honor his memory by promoting a non-interventionist foreign policy for the United States as the best way of fostering a peaceful, more prosperous world.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Bourne"
Family Members
Parents
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
