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Edmund Wilson's America /

When Edmund Wilson died in 1972 he was widely acclaimed as one of America's great literary critics. But it was often forgotten by many of his admirers that he was also a brilliant and penetrating critic of American life. In a literary career spanning half a century, Wilson commented on nearly e...

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Autor principal: Douglas, George H., 1934- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1983]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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