(036008) Melnick, Ralph. The Life And Work Of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II: This Dark And Desperate Age. Detroit, MI: Wayne State Univ. Press, 1998. 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 596 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. Ludwig Lewisohn (1882-1955) was an outspoken critic of American Jewish assimilation, novelist and translator, known for his novel The Island Within. He wrote several autobiographies, translated German literature and wrote the preface to the first English language edition of Otto Rank's seminal work Art and Artist. Lewisohn also authored the book The Poets of Modern France, a translation of major French poets into English. At the time this book was published he was said to be " Professor at the Ohio State University. " He also authored several works on Judaica and Zionis ISBN: 0814327656 (Lewisohn, Ludwig, American Authors)
