About Wesley D. Sweetser
Lived 1919 – 2006 (aged 86–87). Wesley D. Sweetser was an American military officer, literary critic, journalist and literary scholar.
Wesley Duaine Sweetser (1919–2006) was an American literary scholar.
Born in National City, California, United States, he attended the University of Colorado, where he gained a Ph.D. for a thesis on Welsh writer Arthur Machen.
His enthusiasm for Machen led him to publish a valuable biography of the author based on his earlier thesis and, with Adrian Goldstone, a Machen bibliography. He played an important part in supporting the 1960s revival in Machen's works.
Sweetser also served for a long period in the United States Air Force, reaching the rank of major.
Works Arthur Machen: Essays by Adrian Goldstone, C. A. and Anthony Lejeune, Father Brocard Sewell (editor), Maurice Spurway, Wesley D. Sweetser, Henry Williamson. Llandeilo: St. Albert's Press, 1960. Sweetser, Wesley D. Arthur Machen. Twayne Publishers, 1964. A Bibliography of Arthur Machen by Goldstone, Adrian H.; Sweetser, Wesley D. University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1973. Ralph Hodgson — a Bibliography by Wesley D. Sweetser. Garland, New York, 1980.
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Who was Wesley D. Sweetser?
American literary critic (1919–2006)
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Wesley D. Sweetser was born on 25 May 1919.
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Wesley D. Sweetser died in 2006.
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Wesley D. Sweetser was a military officer, literary critic, journalist and literary scholar.
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Wesley D. Sweetser was American.
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