| The Fifties: From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period Revised Edition Contributor(s): Wilson, Edmund (Author), Edel, Leon (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0374520666 ISBN-13: 9780374520663 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $36.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1987 Annotation: This is the highly acclaimed fourth volume in the series that began with "The Twenties" and it is complimented with photographs and journal excerpts of some of the most interesting characters of the decade. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 86009997 |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 5" W x 8" (1.68 lbs) 663 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edmund Wilson's The Fifties, edited by Leon Edel, is the highly acclaimed fourth volume in the series that began with The Twenties. It is complimented with photographs and journal excerpts of some of the most interesting characters of the decade, including Edna St. Vincent Millay, W.H. Auden, and Vladimir Nabokov. A giant's workroom we can wander through, marveling ... - Richard Locke, The Wall Street Journal on The Fifties: From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period |
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. |