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An account of the life of the foremost twentieth-century literary and social critic explores his numerous romantic relationships by correspondence through letters written to such women as poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, writer and intellectual Mary McCarthy, and screenwriter and journalist Penelope Gilliatt. Reprint.

Product Description: This examination and celebration of the literature and thought of the 1950s throws the enduring works of a golden era into high relief. An unconventional tour of a crucial period in 20th-century culture, the present book avoids sweeping surveys and gets to the heart of major achievement...read more

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Examines the career of the critic, historian, and journalist during the 1920s and 1930s, discussing the books and opinions that have made him a landmark literary figure (view table of contents)

Product Description: Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Many of Wilson's writings have been anthologized. But there is another body of work — over fifty fine essays on aspects of contemporary literature and ideas — that have been scattered in a variety of magazines, including The New Yorker, The New Republic, Vanity Fair, and The Nation...read more

Product Description: What is a gentleman? And what separates the American Gentleman from his European counterpart? This book argues that Americans express their gentlemanliness through a variety of specially adapted usages & customs. We see that American gentility has been shaped by the unique nature of the New World experience: the wilderness, race relations, transplanted Englishness, & the cherished place of business in our national consciousness...read more

Product Description: What is a gentleman? And what separates the American Gentleman from his European counterpart? This book argues that Americans express their gentlemanliness through a variety of specially adapted usages & customs. We see that American gentility has been shaped by the unique nature of the New World experience: the wilderness, race relations, transplanted Englishness, & the cherished place of business in our national consciousness...read more

Examines the qualities of a gentleman and analyzes the views of gentlemen in the works of writers such as Dickens, Thackeray, and D.H. Lawrence

Briefly traces the life of the Pulitzer Prize winning author, discusses his major novels and plays, and examines his approach to structure and pacing

Briefly traces Wilson's life, discusses his career as a literary critic, essayist, journalist, and social historian, and examines his major essays and novels