Berg bio of Wilson & The Constellation of Genius:1922 by Kevin Jackson

 So far read 467 pages of the 743-page tome, and WW seems to have been quite an impressive figure, although at times the book seems like a hagiography. For example, on the enthusiastic reception of his Declaration of War(WWI);

p. 438

"Think of what is was they were applauding. My message today was a message of death for our young men. How strange it seems to applaud that."

The Progressive Era(for example in the 1912 Presidential Election, more or less all major candidates were Progressive in hue. Even Taft was distrusted by Conservatives) ends with him.

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Enjoying reading of the Introduction by the author Kevin Jackson of the book

Constellation of Genius: 1922: Modernism Year One by Kevin Jackson (Sep 17, 2013)

I did read Ellmann's bio of Joyce, but is still a nice introduction of the intellectual surroundings and of both authors Joyce and T.S. Eliot.