Edmund Wilson: Our Neighbor from Talcottville
- ISBN-10
- 0815601638
- ISBN-13
- 9780815601630
- Series
- Edmund Wilson
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980-11-01
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Author
- Richard Hauer Costa
Description
Recounts the literary critic's final years at his home in upstate New York, and his views on literature, politics, and life in general.
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