Classics and Commercials

Classics and Commercials
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 481
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ISBN-10 : 9780374600266
ISBN-13 : 0374600260
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Classics and Commercials by : Edmund Wilson

Download or read book Classics and Commercials written by Edmund Wilson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classics and Commercials: A Literary Chronicle of the Forties showcases Edmund Wilson's critical writings spanning decades and continents. Many of these essays first appeared in the New Yorker. Here is Wilson on Jane Austen, Thackeray, Edith Wharton, Tolstoy, Swift (the classics) as well as brilliant observations on Poe, H.P Lovecraft, detective stories, and other commercial literature. This wide-ranging study from one of the most influential man of letters demonstrates Wilson's supreme skills as both literary and cultural critic.


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