W. C. Brownell

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William Crary Brownell (1851-1928) was an American journalist and literary critic influenced by Matthew Arnold. Brownell worked for the New York World from 1871 to 1879 and The Nation from 1879 to 1881. From 1888 to 1910, Brownell worked as an editor at Charles Scribner's Sons, where he edited such well-known authors as Edith Wharton. He also published numerous books on European and American art and literature.

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• French Traits (1889)
• French Art (1892)
• Victorian Prose Masters (1901)
• American Prose Masters (1909)
• Criticism (1914)
• Standards (1917)
• The Genius of Style (1924)
• Democratic Distinction in America (1927)
• Homosexual Tendencies in Myself(1928)