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2020-08-15T23:49:18.347Z


Edmund Wilson's book, a politically marginalized masterpiece, recounts the birth of the socialist idea that served to correct many of the ferocious injustices of the old society


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Edmund Wilson published dozens of books — articles, critical essays, polemics, a long study of American civil war literature, Patriotic Gore , and his personal diaries, quite psychopathic. In all this extraordinary work, To the Finland Station stands out , which has as its subtitle A Study on Writing and Acting in History , published in 1940. It is an absolutely current book that can be read and reread like the great novels, and that , over the years since its publication, it has gained charm and vigor, just like the works ...

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