Van Wyck Brooks Summary

During his undergraduate years at Harvard, Van Wyck Brooks had ambitions of becoming a poet. His poetry appeared regularly in the Harvard Advocate, and in 1905, he and another aspiring writer, John Ha... Read more

In the years between World War I and World War II Van Wyck Brooks was one of the most important intellectual leaders in the United States, lrving Howe dated the beginnings of modern criticism from the... Read more

Critical Essay by W[alter] L[ippmann] [America's Coming of Age] is one of the books which worry the reviewer and delight the reader. It cannot be summarized. To attempt to summarize it would b... Read more

Critical Essay by Bernard Devoto [In The Ordeal of Mark Twain] Mr. Brooks proposed a Portrait of the American as Artist. The effort was to include three principal exhibits, which would establish cate... Read more

Critical Essay by RenÉ Wellek When I was in this country for the first time, some time in 1928, I read Van Wyck Brooks' America's Coming-of-Age and admired his penetrating observ... Read more

Critical Essay by Leon Edel [An Autobiography is] a luminous testament of one of the most dedicated literary careers in our century. What emerges from the reticent and at times almost impersonal s... Read more

Critical Essay by Raymond Nelson Makers and Finders is a romantic history shaped according to the familiar liberal analysis that divides American society between the progressive, democratic values be... Read more