Thanks for this, Sam. I think you're right about historicity and critique.
Wilson's "The Outsider" is absolutely worth reading. It's staggering, actually, and the story of Wilson himself is quite tragic. You're likely right that he was discarded due to his intellectual wildness (his follow-up to "The Outsider," "Religion and the Rebel," w…
Thanks for this, Sam. I think you're right about historicity and critique.
Wilson's "The Outsider" is absolutely worth reading. It's staggering, actually, and the story of Wilson himself is quite tragic. You're likely right that he was discarded due to his intellectual wildness (his follow-up to "The Outsider," "Religion and the Rebel," was also a work of tremendous perspicacity, but its tone was less welcoming). Of note, though, and apropos of your piece, the publisher of "The Outsider" was Victor Gollancz, who was somewhat visionary and a very interesting figure. Definitely a relic of a very different literary-historical period.
Thanks for this, Sam. I think you're right about historicity and critique.
Wilson's "The Outsider" is absolutely worth reading. It's staggering, actually, and the story of Wilson himself is quite tragic. You're likely right that he was discarded due to his intellectual wildness (his follow-up to "The Outsider," "Religion and the Rebel," was also a work of tremendous perspicacity, but its tone was less welcoming). Of note, though, and apropos of your piece, the publisher of "The Outsider" was Victor Gollancz, who was somewhat visionary and a very interesting figure. Definitely a relic of a very different literary-historical period.