Edmund Wilson's America

by George H. Douglas

When Edmund Wilson died in 1972 he was widely acclaimed as one of America's great literary critics. But it was often forgotten by many of his admirers that he was also a brilliant and penetrating critic of American life. In a literary career spanning half a century, Wilson commented on nearly every aspect of the American experience, and he produced a body of work on the subject that rivals those of Tocqueville and Henry Adams. In this book, George...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813114942
• ISBN13: 9780813114941
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher