I Thought of Daisy
Author: Edmund Wilson
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780877457695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young man leaves his bohemian lifestyle in Greenwich Village to pursue the chorus girl he loves.
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To the Finland Station
Author: Edmund Wilson
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9781590170335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a critical and historical study of European writers and theorists of Socialism in the one hundred fifty years leading to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and discusses European socialism, anarchism, and theories of revolution.
Patriotic Gore
Author: Edmund Wilson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 852
ISBN-13: 9780393312560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRegarded by many critics as Edmund Wilson's greatest book, Patriotic Gore brilliantly portrays the vast political, spiritual, and material crisis of the Civil War as reflected in the lives and writings of some thirty representative Americans.
So We Read On
Author: Maureen Corrigan
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2014-09-09
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 0316230081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe "Fresh Air" book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby -- "The Great American Novel we all think we've read, but really haven't." Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, it's now a revered classic and a rite of passage in the reading lives of millions. But how well do we really know The Great Gatsby? As Maureen Corrigan, Gatsby lover extraordinaire, points out, while Fitzgerald's masterpiece may be one of the most popular novels in America, many of us first read it when we were too young to fully comprehend its power. Offering a fresh perspective on what makes Gatsby great -- and utterly unusual -- So We Read On takes us into archives, high school classrooms, and even out onto the Long Island Sound to explore the novel's hidden depths, a journey whose revelations include Gatsby 's surprising debt to hard-boiled crime fiction, its rocky path to recognition as a "classic," and its profound commentaries on the national themes of race, class, and gender. With rigor, wit, and infectious enthusiasm, Corrigan inspires us to re-experience the greatness of Gatsby and cuts to the heart of why we are, as a culture, "borne back ceaselessly" into its thrall. Along the way, she spins a new and fascinating story of her own.
The Wound And The Bow
Author: Edmund Wilson
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781022895249
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA thought-provoking collection of literary and cultural essays by one of the most influential critics of the 20th century. Wilson's insights into the works of such writers as Hemingway, Faulkner, and Dickens, and his views on subjects ranging from art to politics, continue to captivate readers today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Upstate
Author: Edmund Wilson
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of Wilson's 1971 collection originally published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Contains a new foreword by Richard Costa (English, Texas AandM). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Galahad and I Thought of Daisy
Author: Edmund Wilson
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2019-11-19
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0374600066
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom one of the leading literary critics of his generation comes the first of Edmund Wilson's three novels, I thought of Daisy, published together with his short story "Galahad." Set in Greenwich Village in the 1920s, Edmund Wilson’s I Thought of Daisy tells the coming of age story of a young man living a bohemian life, and of his heartfelt relationship with a chorus girl he meets at a party. Fictional sketches drawn from real-life literary figures are scattered throughout, including John Dos Passos and Wilson's lover, Edna St. Vincent Millay. Also included in this volume is Wilson's short story "Galahad," about the sexual awakening of a young boy at prep school. "What needs to be [said] is how good, if ungainly, Daisy is, how charmingly and intelligently she tells of the speakeasy days of a Greenwich Village as red and cozy as a valentine, of lamplit islands where love and ambition and drunkenness bloomed all at once. The fiction writer in Wilson was real, and his displacement is a real loss." - John Updike
The Great Gastby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher:
Published: 2021-02-14
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781954921009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSet in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby continues to attract popular and scholarly attention. The novel was most recently adapted to film in 2013 by director Baz Luhrmann, while modern scholars emphasize the novel's treatment of social class, inherited wealth compared to those who are self-made, race, environmentalism, and its cynical attitude towards the American dream. As with other works by Fitzgerald, criticisms include allegations of antisemitism. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel.
The Crack-Up
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 2009-02-27
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 0811219712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA self-portrait of a great writer 's rise and fall, intensely personal and etched with Fitzgerald's signature blend of romance and realism. The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death, this revealing collection of his essays—as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos—tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss. "Fitzgerald's physical and spiritual exhaustion is described brilliantly," noted The New York Review of Books: "the essays are amazing for the candor."
New Essays on The Great Gatsby
Author: Matthew Joseph Bruccoli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1985-10-31
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780521319638
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides students of American Literature with introductory critical guides to the great works of American fiction.
