Edmund Wilson Revisited

by Castronovo, David

• ISBN13: 9780805716429
• ISBN10: 0805716424
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Twayne Pub

Summary

Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.

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-- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works

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-- A readable style presented in a manageable length

Table of Contents

Chronology	ix
Introduction After 100	1	(14)
Edmund Wilson
Chapter One The Progress of a Mind	15	(16)
Chapter Two A Triple Thinker	31	(20)
Chapter Three The Artist as a Young Reporter	51	(21)
Chapter Four To the Finland Station: Wilson's Headquarters of Humanity	72	(16)
Chapter Five Wilson the Novelist: Rita and Daisy, Imogene and Anna	88	(18)
Chapter Six From the Civil War to the MLA	106	(19)
Chapter Seven What the Scrolls Said	125	(17)
Chapter Eight A Wilson Portrait Gallery: The Public Sharer	142	(7)
Notes	149	(7)
Bibliography	156	(7)
Index	163