Memoirs of Hecate County

Portrait

Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) is widely regarded as the preeminent American man of letters of the twentieth century. Over his long career, he wrote for "Vanity Fair," helped edit "The New Republic," served as chief book critic for "The New Yorker," and was a frequent contributor to "The New York Review of Books." Wilson was the author of more than twenty books, including "Axel's Castle," "Patriotic Gore," and a work of fiction, "Memoirs of Hecate County." Louis Menand is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English at Harvard. His books include "The Marketplace of Ideas," "American Studies "and "The Metaphysical Club."