The Forties: From Notebooks And Diaries Of The Period
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few literary figures of the twentieth century possessed the penetrating intellect and restless curiosity of Edmund Wilson, and The Forties stands as a remarkable testament to a decade lived with extraordinary intensity. Drawn from his personal notebooks and diaries of the period, this intimate volume chronicles Wilson's inner world during one of history's most turbulent eras — capturing his encounters with cultural titans, his romantic entanglements, his sharp political observations, and his unflinching self-examination against the backdrop of wartime America and its fraught aftermath. Edited and introduced by the distinguished biographer Leon Edel, the work presents Wilson not merely as a critic but as a living, breathing participant in the great drama of mid-century intellectual life. His prose, always precise and unadorned, cuts through sentiment to reveal raw experience — a quality that elevates these diary entries far beyond mere personal record into the realm of enduring American letters. Readers who think they know Edmund Wilson the public man will find themselves confronted with a far more complex, vulnerable, and compellingly human figure lurking within these pages.
Author: Edmund Wilson
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few literary figures of the twentieth century possessed the penetrating intellect and restless curiosity of Edmund Wilson, and The Forties stands as a remarkable testament to a decade lived with extraordinary intensity. Drawn from his personal notebooks and diaries of the period, this intimate volume chronicles Wilson's inner world during one of history's most turbulent eras — capturing his encounters with cultural titans, his romantic entanglements, his sharp political observations, and his unflinching self-examination against the backdrop of wartime America and its fraught aftermath. Edited and introduced by the distinguished biographer Leon Edel, the work presents Wilson not merely as a critic but as a living, breathing participant in the great drama of mid-century intellectual life. His prose, always precise and unadorned, cuts through sentiment to reveal raw experience — a quality that elevates these diary entries far beyond mere personal record into the realm of enduring American letters. Readers who think they know Edmund Wilson the public man will find themselves confronted with a far more complex, vulnerable, and compellingly human figure lurking within these pages.