{"product_id":"american-earthquake-paperback","title":"American Earthquake - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e amply conveys the astonishing breadth of Edmund Wilson's talent, provides an unparalleled vision of one of the most troubling periods in American history, and, perhaps inadvertently, offers a self-portrait comparable to \u003ci\u003eThe Education of Henry Adams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During a twelve-month period in 1930 and 1931, Edmund Wilson wrote a series of lengthy articles which he then collected in a book called \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jitters: A Year of the Slump\u003c\/i\u003e. The resulting chronicle was hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as the best reporting that the period of depression has brought forth in the United States, and forms the heart of the present volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn prose that is by turns dramatic and naturalistic, inflammatory and evocative, satirical and droll, Wilson painted an unforgettable portrait of a time when the whole structure of American society seemed actually to be going to pieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e bookends this chronicle with a collection of Wilson's non-literary articles-including criticism, reportage, and some fiction-from the years of The Follies, 1923-1928, and the dawn of the New Deal, 1932-1934. During this period, Wilson had grown from a little-known journalist to one of the most important American literary and social critics of the century.\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 580\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724140351551,"sku":"9780374515072","price":50.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bddb5e019c946863db9ff88342092e6f.webp?v=1765101633","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/american-earthquake-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}