Colin Wilson, The Essential Colin Wilson

Colin Stanley (University of Nottingham)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

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Philosophy (any)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1985

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England (Country of Origin)

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Selected, edited and with an introduction and postscript by Wilson himself,

The Essential Colin Wilson

was published in the U.K. by Harrap Limited in 1985 and Celestial Arts (Berkeley, CA) in the U.S. a year later. A paperback edition appeared in the U.K. in 1987 published by Grafton. It consists mostly of extracts chosen from his printed books—both fiction and non-fiction—the exception being his essay “Peak Experience” which was published in

The Schumacher Lectures Vol. 2

edited by Kumar Satish (London: Blond & Briggs, 1984). It should not be confused with the compact disc of the same title issued by Nimbus Records (Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, 1988) which has different contents.

In the Introductory essay Wilson wrote:

…a single thread runs

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Citation: Stanley, Colin. "The Essential Colin Wilson". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 August 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23977, accessed 16 April 2024.]

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