In the following essay, Bradford presents a biographical and thematic overview of Wilson's life and career, stressing in particular the manifestations and character of Wilson's intellectual bent.

Wilson was one of the foremost literary critics in the United States. A prolific writer who also produced poetry, plays, novels, journalistic nonfiction, and historical studies, Wilson was at all times concerned with the social reality that gives human actions, and the products of human actions, context and meaning. In the following essay, originally published November 11, 1927, and revised somewhat for publication in The Shores of Light, he examines Wilson's tenure as president of Princeton Univers...

In the following essay, which was originally published in the Virginia Law Review {October 1956), Corwin looks to Wilson's various writings for the origins of the changes he brought to the practice of presidential politics. (Note that material inside braces,{ }, represents the editor's, Richard Loss's, commentary.)

In the following essay, Kirwan surveys contemporary public administration theories and, finding many of them unusable and impractical, argues for a return to the ideas Wilson articulated in his writings, specifically the essay "The Study of Administration."

In the following essay, Thompson examines Wilson's management of World War I, praising him for his pragmatism.

In the following essay, Curti examines Wilson's writings, as well as aspects of his personal life and certain of his actions as a public figure, to determine his views on several humanistic and philosophical issues, including action versus contemplation, ethics and morality, and environment versus heredity, particularly as the latter dichotomy bears on the significance of race in Wilson's concept of "the capacity for self-government."

In the following essay, Carleton examines the bases for Wilson's negative reputation among contemporary historians and critics, arguing that in most cases they are unfounded and the products of bias.

In the following essay, Sears examines Wilson's various historical writings and attempts to find the systematic articulation of his main political ideals.

In the following essay, Lewis assesses various psychological interpretations of Wilson's life and career and argues that one should not assume policy necessarily follows from personality.

Moynihan has long been a United States senator from New York and has written prolifically on many issues, including noteworthy sociological studies. In the following essay, which was originally published in 1974, he reflects on Wilson's world view and the nature of his foreign policy, arguing that "Wilsonianism" remains a prominent feature of American politics.

In the following essay, Cooper reassesses Wilson's tenure as an academic, viewing this time not so much as the mere nascency of his political career—as most commentators have—and more as an independently successful and influential vocation.