{"product_id":"2026200009142-secondhand-the-portable-edmund-wilson","title":"The Portable Edmund Wilson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.  \n \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark anthology in American literary culture, The Portable Edmund Wilson brings together the finest writings of one of the twentieth century's most formidable critics and men of letters. Edited by Lewis M. Dabney, the collection presents Wilson's incisive essays, cultural criticism, and literary portraits drawn from his vast and celebrated body of work. Wilson's prose is authoritative and wide-ranging, moving with equal command through American literature, politics, social history, and the European intellectual tradition. The selection illustrates why Wilson was regarded as the conscience of American letters — a writer whose clarity of thought and brilliance of style set the standard for serious criticism in the modern era. This essential volume serves as the perfect introduction to a towering literary mind whose influence continues to resonate across generations of writers and readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48893809721563,"sku":"2026200009142-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e2040542-cb4c-4422-af62-68dcef8d990b.png?v=1782040481","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009142-secondhand-the-portable-edmund-wilson","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}