The Devils and Canon Barham: Ten Essays on Poets, Novelists and Monsters Contributor(s): Wilson, Edmund (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374526699 ISBN-13: 9780374526696 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: Edmund Wilson has written a new introduction to his classic study of the modern conception of history in the West, and has restored the appendices which appeared in the first edition of 1940 but were dropped from subsequent editions. The book takes its title from the scene of Lenin's arrival from Germany in April 1917, ready to take over the leadership of the Russian Revolution and in doing so bring to a climax the political and intellectual movements which are the subject of this study. |
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 810.9 |
LCCN: 72093789 |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.05" W x 8.05" (0.62 lbs) 219 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Publisher Description: Edmund Wilson's last collection of criticism, The Devils & Canon Barham, contains ten essays on Poets, Novelists, and Monsters |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, Edmund: - Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) was a novelist, memoirist, playwright, journalist, poet, and editor but it is as a literary critic that he is most highly regarded. |