{"product_id":"the-forties-from-notebooks-and-diaries-of-the-period-paperback","title":"The Forties: From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeon Edel\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eLeon Edel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the greatest literary critics of the twentieth century, this installment of Edmund Wilson's private notebooks covers the years of the 1940s, providing a rich lens into the writer's life and the world at large.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wilson turned forty-five in 1940, and this volume \u003ci\u003eThe Forties: From Notebooks \u0026amp; Diaries of the Period \u003c\/i\u003eshows the extent to which he was reappraising his life in the decade to follow - saying goodbye to the drifting of the 1920s and the Marxism of the 1930s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published posthumously and edited by Leon Edel, \u003ci\u003eThe Forties\u003c\/i\u003e includes observations on his increasingly complicated family matters and covers appreciatively writers like Andre Malraux, W. H. Auden, and Max Beerbohm, as well as entries from his research and travels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe can see the beginnings of the masterly work of Wilson's later years, the studies of the American literary and mythic past on which his reputation will surely rest. Jonathan Yardley, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e The Forties\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (1895-1972) was a novelist, memoirist, playwright, journalist, poet, and editor but it is as a literary critic that he is most highly regarded. His more than twenty books include \u003ci\u003eAxel's Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatriotic Gor\u003c\/i\u003ee, \u003ci\u003eTo the Finland Station\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Hecate County\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 397\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 1984\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467900535037,"sku":"9780374518356","price":40.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/S1phbm1EanVDaDU0SGhuODQ4VExvQT09.webp?v=1777281377","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-forties-from-notebooks-and-diaries-of-the-period-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}