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to the finland station by Edmund Wilson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 26, The sub title indicates the scope of this acute and well ordered study of revolution, in theory and in bltadwin.ru: Kirkus Reviews.  · Edmund Wilson's To the Finland Station is intellectual history on a grand scale, full of romance, idealism, intrigue, and conspiracy, that traces the revolutionary ideas that shaped the modern world from the French Revolution up through Lenin's arrival at Finland Station in St. Petersburg in Fueled by Wilson's own passionate engagement with the ideas and politics at play, it is a lively and . Edmund Wilson's magnum opus, To the Finland Station, is a stirring account of revolutionary politics, people, and ideas from the French Revolution through the Paris Commune to the Bolshevik seizure of power in It is a work of history on a grand scale, at once sweeping and detailed, closely reasoned and passionately argued, that succeeds in painting an unforgettable picture--alive with conspirators 5/5(8).

Edmund Wilson's "To The Finland Station" is a history of communism from Michelet to Lenin. Well that's not exactly correct-this book is many books rolled into one. First it is a history of the idea of a Marxist interpretation of history. Second it is a first-hand account of the efforts by Marx and Engels to start a communist revolution. Edmund Wilson. Average rating: · 8, ratings · reviews · distinct works • Similar authors. To the Finland Station. by. Edmund Wilson, Louis Menand (Introduction) avg rating — 1, ratings — published — 28 editions. Want to Read. saving. To The Finland Station by Edmund Wilson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru

Edmund Wilson's To the Finland Station is intellectual history on a grand scale, full of romance, idealism, intrigue, and conspiracy, that traces the revolutionary ideas that shaped the modern world from the French Revolution up through Lenin's arrival at Finland Station in St. Petersburg in Fueled by Wilson's own passionate engagement with the ideas and politics at play, it is a lively and vivid, sweeping account of a singular idea—that it is possible to construct a society based on. The idea for “To the Finland Station” came to Edmund Wilson while he was walking down a street in the East Fifties one day, in the depths of the Great Depression. Wilson was in his late thirties. to the finland station by Edmund Wilson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 26, The sub title indicates the scope of this acute and well ordered study of revolution, in theory and in action.