Biographical / Historical Note
Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), American literary critic and author.
W. S. (William Stanley) Dell was a contemporary and friend of Edmund Wilson at the Hill School and Princeton University. Dell was later a translator of works of C. G. Jung.
Summary
36 ALS and TLS, most dated 1915-1920s. Letters concern their friendship, Princeton University, Wilson's service in the First World War, their views on literature, writings by Wilson and Dell for periodicals, and Wilson's work as an editor for Vanity Fair and the New Republic. Early letters include a postscript from Alfred Raymond Bellinger to Dell and an an enclosed letter from Norman Kemp Smith to Wilson. Later letters concern Wilson's autobiographical writings.