Plato's American Republic. Done out of the original

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TitlePlato's American Republic. Done out of the original
Year for Search1926
AuthorsWoodruff, [John] Douglas(1897-1978)
Tertiary AuthorsWoodruff, Douglas
Pagination116 pp.
Date Published1926
PublisherE. P. Dutton & Co.
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Satire, primarily directed at the United States but with some directed at ancient Athens, Socrates, and the classic Socratic dialogue. Misogynistic and racist. The U.S. is dominated by commerce in public life and by women in private life. Public Opinion is a tyrant. Book IV (59-76/53-70) is on prohibition. Book V (79-98/71-92) is on education and proposes educating young women as Guardians but not men.

Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1928. 122 pp.
Info Notes

Part of the To-Day and To-Morrow series but does not fit its usual format.
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1892-1978) was the editor of the Catholic magazine The Tablet (1936-1967) and from 1948 to 1962, the chairman of the Catholic publisher Burns and Oates.
Full Text

1926 Woodruff, [John] Douglas (1897-1978). Plato’s American Republic. Done out of the original. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1926. 116 pp. U.K. ed. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1928. 122 pp. Part of the To-Day and To-Morrow series but does not fit its usual format. O, PSt

Satire, primarily directed at the United States but with some directed at ancient Athens, Socrates, and the classic Socratic dialogue. Misogynistic and racist. The U.S. is dominated by commerce in public life and by women in private life. Public Opinion is a tyrant. Book IV (59-76/53-70) is on prohibition. Book V (79-98/71-92) is on education and proposes educating young women as Guardians but not men. The author was the editor of the Catholic magazine The Tablet (1936-1967) and from 1948 to 1962, the chairman of the Catholic publisher Burns and Oates.