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Gorham Bert Munson
1896–1969
A lively voice in American literary criticism, he helped shape conversations around modernist writing while also plunging into the economic debates of his time. His career moved between magazines, books, and public argument, making him a distinctive figure in 20th-century letters.
2 Audiobooks
Robert Frost : A study in sensibility and good sense
by Gorham Bert Munson
The dilemma of the liberated : An interpretation of twentieth century humanism
by Gorham Bert Munson
About the author
Born in Amityville, New York, in 1896, Gorham Bockhaven Munson became an American literary critic, editor, and author. He studied at Wesleyan University, earning his degree in 1917, and later became part of the Greenwich Village circle of avant-garde writers and little magazines.
Munson is best remembered for his work as a critic and champion of modern literature in the 1920s. He was associated with the magazine Secession and wrote widely for prominent journals, helping introduce and debate new writing at a moment when American literary culture was changing quickly.
His interests reached beyond literature. Archival records also describe him as deeply involved in the American Social Credit movement, showing how strongly questions of economics and public life mattered to him alongside art and criticism. He died in 1969.