Though those stories are two of the six Memoirs of Hecate County, he is better known for his literary chronicles, which include The Shores of Light and The Bit Between My Teeth.
This author's fiction includes a story about a retired chemistry teacher named Stryker who shoots the title snapping turtles, as well as a satire of the Van Dorens that includes Bunk of the Bunch Club. Though those stories are two of the six Memoirs of Hecate County, he is better known for his literary chronicles, which include The Shores of Light and The Bit Between My Teeth. This thinker titled one of his books after a fictional recluse who abandons his Rosicrucian studies and loves Sara. That work, titled after a work of Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, is a study of symbolism in the early 20th century. Another work by this man treats the writings of figures like Frederick Law Olmstead, Alexander Stephens, and Ulysses Grant in the context of sub-titular conflict. For 10 points, identify this American literary critic who wrote Axel's Castle and Patriotic Gore.
This author's fiction includes a story about a retired chemistry teacher named Stryker who shoots the title snapping turtles, as well as a satire of the Van Dorens that includes Bunk of the Bunch Club.
Edmund Wilson