The publication of Lewis M. Dabney’s Edmund Wilson: A Life in
Literature (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) has once again brought
the critical mind of Edmund Wilson to our attention. Wilson
(1895-1972) was an important figure in American literary and
intellectual culture, but the truth is that since his death he
hasn’t proved to be considered as important as he should be. For
those who admired his writing during his lifetime, it’s hard
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