W.C. Brownell

W.C. Brownell (born August 30, 1851, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 22, 1928, Williamstown, Massachusetts) was a critic who sought to expand the scope of American literary criticism as Matthew Arnold had for British. After graduating from Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1871, Brownell joined the New York World, becoming city editor in a year. After serving on The Nation from 1879 to 1881, he became editor and literary adviser to Charles Scribner’s Sons,...