The Shores of Light: A Literary Chronicle of the Twenties and Thirties

Edmund Wilson referred to this collection of his writings as both “a general history of the culture of a recklessly unspecialized era, when minds and imaginations were exploring in all directions” and “a sort of volume of literary memoirs.” The book presents an intimate and discerning view of a lively period of arts and letters. Included are essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Christian Gauss, Sherwood Anderson, and Gertrude Stein as well as personal impressions, sketches of life in the twenties, letters, and pieces on the classics.