Magee, Bryan

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MAGEE, Bryan

MAGEE, Bryan. British, b. 1930. Genres: Novels, Poetry, Music, Philosophy, Politics/Government, Social commentary. Career: Music critic, 1959- Theatre Critic, BBC, 1966- Arts Critic, ITV Television, 1966- Columnist, The Times, London, 1974-76; M.P. (U.K.) for Leyton, Labour, 1974-82, S.D.P., 1982-83; Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Oxford, 1991-94. Publications: Crucifixion and Other Poems, 1951; Go West Young Man, 1958; To Live in Danger, 1960; The New Radicalism, 1962; The Democratic Revolution, 1964; Towards 2000, 1965; One in Twenty, 1966; The Television Interviewer, 1966; Aspects of Wagner, 1968; Modern British Philosophy, 1971; The Philosophy of Karl Popper, 1973; Facing Death, 1977; Men of Ideas, 1978, as Talking Philosophy, 2001; The Philosophy of Schopenhauer, 1983; The Great Philosophers, 1987; On Blindness, 1995, as Sight Unseen, 1998; Confessions of a Philosopher, 1997; The Story of Philosophy, 1998; Wagner and Philosophy, 2000; Clouds of Glory, 2003. Address: 8 Ockham Court, Bardwell Rd, Oxford OX2 6SR, England.

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