Edmund Wilson - Wikipedia
WebEdmund Wilson Jr. (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer, literary critic and journalist. He is widely regarded as one of the most important literary critics of the 20th century. Wilson began his career as a journalist, writing for publications such as Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
Edmund Wilson | American Literary Critic & Historian | Britannica
WebApr 16, 2024 · Symbolism. literature. novel. poetry. Edmund Wilson (born May 8, 1895, Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.—died June 12, 1972, Talcottville, New York) was an American critic and essayist recognized as one of the leading literary journalists of his time. Educated at Princeton, Wilson moved from newspaper reporting in New York to become managing …
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WebBorn in New Jersey in 1895, Wilson was a product of as elite an education as the nation offered at the time. He started out at The Hill prep school, then went on to Princeton, from which he graduated in 1916—having formed, with his classmate F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the most consequential literary friendships in the history of American letters.
Edmund Wilson: His Life and Books - The Atlantic
WebON MAY 8, Edmund Wilson was seventy-two years old, and on June 21 he published his twentythird book, A Prelude (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), the first volume of the journal he idly began as a boy...
Edmund Wilson - Wikiwand
WebEdmund Wilson Jr. (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer, literary critic and journalist. He is widely regarded as one of the most important literary critics of the 20th century. Wilson began his career as a journalist, writing for publications such as Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
Edmund Wilson | Encyclopedia.com
WebMay 21, 2018 · Edmund Wilson. 1856-1939. American cytologist who helped discover the existence and nature of sex chromosomes. Wilson's "The Cell in Heredity and Development" (1928) integrated cell structure and function with heredity, adaptation, and evolution, and helped advance Mendelian genetics.
Edmund Wilson Jr. | Poetry Foundation
WebBack to Previous. Edmund Wilson Jr. 1895–1972. One of the nation’s foremost literary critics, Edmund Wilson grew up in New Jersey and studied at Princeton University. He worked as managing editor of Vanity Fair, associate editor of the New Republic, and book reviewer for the New Yorker.
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