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Selective Bibliography of Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967) Lubitz' TrotskyanaNet Bio-Bibliographical Sketch Isaac Deutscher — Part 2 Contents: Part 1 : • Basic biographical data • Biographical sketch • Some assessments and ap­ praisals Part 2: • Selective bibliography • Notes on archives Selective bibliography of Isaac Deutscher (1907-1967) Survey: • Some introductory remarks • Books/pamphlets (co-) authored by Deutscher • Books and newspapers (co-)edited by Deutscher • Books, collections, journals, newspapers, bulletins to which Deutscher contri­ buted • Books and articles by Deutscher on Trotsky and Trotskyism • Books about Deutscher • Articles and web sites about Deutscher • Reviews of Deutscher's Trotsky trilogy Some introductory remarks As we stated in the Biographical sketch [see Part 1], Isaac Deutscher was undoubtedly among the most productive Marxist/Trotskyist writers. We should like to emphasize that we do not at all claim 'completeness' with regard to our following Selective Bibliography. Although listing a veritable amount of literature by and about Deutscher, it must be said clearly that some sources have not been considered here, for example – many of the translations1 of Deutscher's books and contributions into non-Western European languages; – later editions, except occasional references made in bibliographical footnotes (in square brackets); – most of his writings from the pre-War Polish period (because they were lost); – non-print media (electronic resources, videos, records of radio broadcasts, etc.) 1) Most of Deutscher's writings listed here were originally written and published in English; however, a considerable number of them have been translated into other Western European languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Norwe­ gian, etc.) – most of them have been considered here. Some of his books and other writings, however, were published in other languages (such as for example in Polish, Finnish, Hungarian, Serb-Croatian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Turkish, Farsi, Chinese and Japanese) – those transla­ tions have been omitted here, with a very few exceptions. © by Wolfgang & Petra Lubitz 2004 —— page 1 Lubitz' TrotskyanaNet Bio-Bibliographical Sketch Isaac Deutscher — Part 2 As far as we know there is no Deutscher bibliography which could claim completeness. At the time being, we can refer to three selective bibliographical compilations: - Deutscher, Tamara: On the bibliography of Isaac Deutscher's writings, in: Isaac Deutscher - the man and his work / ed. by David Horowitz, London, 1971, pp. 226-247 (on pp. 235-247: Selected bibliography) - Syré, Ludger: Bibliographie, in: Syré, Ludger: Isaac Deutscher : Marxist, Publizist, Historiker, Hamburg, 1984, pp. 400-410 - Casciola, Paolo: Isaac Deutscher : bibliografia italiana, in: Deutscher, Isaac: L'uomo socialista / [trad. dall'orig. inglese a cura di Paolo Casciola], Foligno, 1994, pp. 21- 22. The following are some notes for a better understanding of certain peculiarities of our Selective Bibliography below: 1. In the sub-paragraph Books/pamphlets (co-)authored by Deutscher we have – as a rule – omitted au­ thor's name from the author statement area of the title records whenever Deutscher is the single author of a book, regardless whether his name is spelled "Isaac Deutscher", "I. Deutscher", or "Izaak Deut ­ scher" on the title page or cover, unless he is one of two or three authors of a work or if he used a pseudonym. 2. In the sub-paragraphs Books and newspapers (co-)edited by Deutscher and Books, collections, journals, newspapers, bulletins to which Deutscher contributed, works to which he contributed and which at the same time were (co-)edited by him, have been listed in both sub-paragraphs. 3. The sub-paragraph Books, collections, journals, newspapers, bulletins to which Deutscher contri­ buted does not list Deutscher's contributions to collective works, encyclopaedias, journals, newspa­ pers, bulletins etc. by the distinctive titles proper but by source title only (i.e. by title proper of the journal, newspaper, collection or the like)2. It goes without saying that a fairly complete repertory of such contributions – particularly of his articles which appeared in the daily and weekly press – remains a great desideratum for the future. 4. The sub-paragraph Reviews of Deutscher's Trotsky trilogy is far from claiming completeness faced with the fact that no less than some 500 reviews were published relating to Deutscher's Trotsky3. 5. The sub-paragraph Books and articles by Deutscher on Trotsky and Trotskyism may perhaps include some doublings with regard to other sub-paragraphs. 6. TSB item numbers (e.g. "<TSB 0716>") refer to our Trotskyist Serials Bibliography (München [etc.], 1993), which is out of print but is available as PDF file within the framework of our Lubitz' Trotsky anaNet web site . In TSB you find detailed informations about Trotskyist journals, newsletters, bulletins and the like. 2) An exception from this general rule, however, is the sub-paragraph Books and articles by Deutscher on Trotsky and Trotskyism. 3) As at the early 1980s there were at least some 1,300 reviews (including book notices and the like) of works authored by Deut ­ scher, among them some 500 relating to his Trotsky trilogy and some 300 relating to his Stalin biography. [Source: Syré, Ludger: Isaac Deut­ scher : Marxist, Publizist, Historiker, Hamburg, 1984, p. 400] © by Wolfgang & Petra Lubitz 2004 —— page 2 Lubitz' TrotskyanaNet Bio-Bibliographical Sketch Isaac Deutscher — Part 2 • Books/pamphlets (co-)authored by Deutscher 4 Biografija Lava Davidoviča Bronštejna-Trockog / prevala Nada Soljan. - 1-3. - Zagreb : Liber [etc.], 1975-76. - XII, 319 + 308 + 340 pp. - (Monografije-biografije ; 3) Il comunismo tra Krusciov e Mao / trad. dall'inglese di Irene de Guttry. - Bari : Laterza, 1964. - 97 pp. - (Libri del tempo Laterza) The cultural revolution in China. - 3. impr. - [Nottingham : The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, [ca. 1966]. - 17 pp. - (Spokesman pamphlet ; 2) [Earlier ed. publ. with title On the Chinese cultural revolution] La decada de Jrushov / trad. de Mónica Acheroff. - Madrid : Alianza, 1971. - 199 pp. Dossier Isaac Deutscher [Electronic resource]. - 179 KB (37 pp.) [An online compilation from Deutscher's work; on pp.1-3: Biografía] Dove va l'Unione Sovietica / trad. di Franco Lucentini. - Torino : Einaudi, 1957. - 74 pp. L'ebreo non ebreo e altri saggi / a cura di Tamara Deutscher. Trad. di Francesco Franconeri. - [Milano] : Monda­ dori, 1969. - 184 pp. - (Saggi) L'enfance de Lénine et autres essais sur le marxisme et le communisme / [introd.: Tamara Deutscher]. Trad. de l'anglais par Elisabeth Gille [et al.]. - Paris : Payot, 1971. - 268 pp. - (Etudes et documents Payot) [& later ed.] Eretici e rinnegati e altri saggi / trad. di Elsa Pelitti. - Milano : Longanesi, 1970. - 238 pp. - (La fronda ; 108) Essais sur le problème juif / prés. et préf. de Tamara Deutscher. Trad. de l'anglais par Elisabeth Gille- Nemirovsky. - Paris : Payot, 1969. - 205 pp. - (Etudes et documents Payot) La grande contesa / trad. di Gino Bianco. - Torino : Einaudi, 1961. - 89 pp. The great contest : Russia and the West. - London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1960. - 86 pp. - (Dafoe Foundation lectures ; 1959) [& later ed., publ. by various publ. houses] The great purges / ed. by Tamara Deutscher. Designed by David King. - Oxford [etc.] : Blackwell, 1984. - 174 pp. Der große Wettkampf : Rußland und der Westen. - Dordrecht : Reidel, 1960. - 98 pp. - (Vorlesungen der Dafoe- Stiftung, Kanada) Herejes y renegados. - Barcelona : Ed. Ariel, 1970. - 262 pp. - (Ariel quincenal ; 44) Heretics and renegades, and other essays. - London : Hamilton, 1955. - 228 pp. [& later ed., publ. by various publ. houses, partly with an introd. by Edward Hallett Carr. - American ed. publ. with title: Russia in transition] Den ikke-jødiske jøde og andre essays / utvalg og innl. ved Tamara Deutscher. Overs. av Ellen Sverdrup. - Oslo : Gyldendal, 1970. - 135 pp. - (Fakkel-bøkene ; 202) Ironias de história : ensaios sobre o comunismo contemporaneo / trad. de Alvaro Cabral. - Rio de Janeiro : Civilização Brasileira, 1968. - 329 pp. - (Perspectivas do homem ; 43) Ironías de la historia. Trad. de Juan Ramón Capella. - Barcelona : Ed. Península, 1969. - 309 pp. - (Historia, ciencia, sociedad ; 49) [& later ed.] Ironie della storia : saggi sul comunismo contemporaneo / trad. di Elsa Pelitti. - Milano : Longanesi, 1972. - 322 pp. - (La fronda ; 118) Ironie van de geschiedenis : essays over het communisme / [vert. uit het Engels: Hans Wagemans]. - 2. dr. - Haarlem : De Haan, 1979. - 164 pp. - (Tijd contouren) Ironies of history : essays on contemporary communism. London [etc.] : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1966. - VIII, 278 pp. [& later ed., publ. by various publ. houses] Der israelisch-arabische Konflikt / mit einem Vorw. von Ulrike Marie Meinhof. - Frankfurt a.M. : Ed. Voltaire, 1968. - 28 pp. - (Voltaire-Flugschriften ; 21) O judeu não-judeu e outros ensaios / apresentação e introd. de Tamara Deutscher. Trad. de Moniz Bandeira. - Rio de Janeiro : Civilização Brasileira, 1970. - 150 pp. - (Coleção Perspectivas de homem ; 61 : Sér. Polít­ ica) El judío no sionista y otros ensayos / trad. de Nati Martín Moro. - Madrid, 1971. - 212 pp. Los judíos no judíos y otras ensayos / [trad. de Gabriela Epstein y Maria Inés Barbero]. - Buenos Aires : Kikiyon, 1969. - 154 pp. Lenin : frammento di una vita e altri saggi / pref. di Tamara Deutscher. Trad. di Luca Trevisani. - Bari : Laterza, 4) For a more complete listing of various editions of Deutscher's Trotsky trilogy and
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