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Item specifics
- Book Title
- Essays
- Era
- 1920s
- Subject
- Biography & Autobiography
- ISBN
- 9781598530131
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With this inaugural volume of what will be a series devoted to Edmund Wilson's work, The Library of America pays tribute to the writer who first conceived the idea of a publishing series dedicated to "bringing out in a complete and compact form the principal American classics." Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and 30s presents Wilson in the extraordinary first phase of his career, participating in a cultural renaissance and grappling with the crucial issues of his era. The Shores of Light (1952) is Wilson's magisterial assemblage of early reviews, sketches, stories, memoirs, and other writings into a teeming panorama of America's literary life in a period of exuberant expansion and in the years of political and economic strife that followed. Wilson traces the emergence of a new American writing as he reviews the work of Ernest Hemingway, Wallace Stevens, E. E. Cummings, John Dos Passos, Thornton Wilder, and many others, including his close friends F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Little escapes his notice: burlesque shows and Henry James, Soviet theater and the magic of Harry Houdini, the first novels of Malraux and the rediscovery of Edgar Allan Poe. Axel's Castle (1931), his pioneering overview of literary modernism, includes penetrating studies of Yeats, Eliot, Proust, Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and others. For several generations this book has stood as an indispensable companion to some of the crucial turning points in modern literature. Both these classic works display abundantly Wilson's extraordinary erudition and unquenchable curiosity, his visionary grasp of larger historical meanings, his gift for acute psychological portraiture, and the matchless suppleness and lucidity of his prose. For Wilson, there are no minor subjects; every literary occasion sparks writing that is witty, energetic, and alive to the undercurrents of his time. In addition this volume includes a number of uncollected reviews from the same period, including discussions of H. L. Mencken, Edith Wharton, and Bernard Shaw. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Library of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1598530135
ISBN-13
9781598530131
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59082682
Product Key Features
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 20th Century, American / General, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s And 30s (LOA #176) : The Shores of Light / Axel's Castle / Uncollected Reviews
Series Volume Number
1
Lccn
2007-928898
Lc Classification Number
Ps3545.I6245a6 2007
Series
Library of America Edmund Wilson Edition Ser.
Publication Year
2007
Format
Hardcover
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Target Audience
Trade
Number of Pages
1025 Pages
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- l***1 (193)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseRepeat customer. Awesome stamps arrived in mint condition, as described. They were packaged carefully and thoughtfully too. Great communication throughout the buying process to the shipping and delivery. I would highly recommend this seller to others. And I will continue to support this seller. Trusted and valued seller and a great credit to the eBay community. A++++++++Scott 1511 ZIP CODE (1974) sheet of 100/10¢ stamps (#356639835407)
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