Edmund Wilson
America's greatest literary critic of the 20th century, Wilson wrote with unusual range and judgment across literature, history, and journalism. Axel's Castle introduced modernist literature to American readers; To the Finland Station traced the origins of Marxism. His Patriotic Gore is the most intelligent study of Civil War literature.
Works
- Axel's CastleCritical essays on modernist literature and symbolism in contemporary writing
- To the Finland StationHistory of socialist and revolutionary thought from French to Russian Revolution
- Memoirs of Hecate CountyNovel exploring desire and small-town American social morality
- The Wound and the BowEssays on writers and artists as wounded but productive individuals
- Patriotic GoreHistorical analysis of American literature and culture during the Civil War
- The Shores of LightCollection of literary essays and criticism written over three decades
- The American EarthquakeEssays on American culture and society from nineteenth to twentieth centuries