Edmund Wilson
Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer and critic who notably explored Freudian and Marxist themes.
 He influenced many American authors, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose unfinished work he edited for publication.
 His scheme for a Library of America series of national classic works came to fruition through the efforts of Jason Epstein after Wilson's death.
Henry Hermann Mumm Thornton
Henry Hermann Mumm Thornton (born 1932) was a prominent banker and businessman whose young adulthood was detailed in the journals of his stepfather Edmund Wilson, the noted essayist and scholar.
 Henry was also mentioned frequently in the correspondence of Wilson with other literary notables, such as Vladimir Nabokov.
Edmund Wilson House
Edmund Wilson House is a historic home located at Talcottville in Lewis County, New York.
 It was built over a four-year period starting in 1789 and is a 2 ⁄ -story limestone building, three bays wide and four bays long.
 It was named "The Stone House" by Edmund Wilson, whose family used the house as a summer home and he made it famous in his book "Upstate".
James Branch Cabell
James Branch Cabell ( ; April 14, 1879  – May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres.
 Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis.
 His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular.
 For Cabell, veracity was "the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against human welfare."
Patriotic Gore
Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War is a 1962 book of historical and literary criticism written by Edmund Wilson.
 It consists of 26 chapters about the works and lives of almost 30 writers, including
Helen Muchnic
Helen Muchnic was an American scholar and writer, specializing in Russian language and literature.
 She taught for many years at Smith College, where she was appointed Helen and Laura Shedd Professor of Russian Language and Literature.
 Her friends included the writers Edmund Wilson and Elizabeth Bishop.
 She wrote a number of scholarly works, including:
Hotel Kenmore Hall
Hotel Kenmore Hall is a 22-story single room occupancy hotel located at 145 East 23rd Street in the Gramercy section of Manhattan, designed by architect Maurice Deutsch and constructed in 1927.
 Author Nathanael West lived and worked at the hotel as a night manager in the early years after the hotel opened; one of West's real-life experiences at the hotel inspired the incident between Romola Martin and Homer Simpson that would later appear in "The Day of the Locust" (1939).
 West allowed friends like Edmund Wilson, Erskine Caldwell, S. J. Perelman and Maxwell Bodenheim free room and meals.
 Dashiell Hammett finished "The Maltese Falcon" here
Edmund Wilson Sr.
Edmund Wilson Sr. (December 15, 1863 – May 15, 1923) was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1908 until 1914.
 He was the father of literary critic Edmund Wilson.
Elena Mumm Thornton Wilson
Elena Mumm Thornton Wilson (27 August 1906 – 27 July 1979) was born into an unusual, wealthy, aristocratic European family and was the fourth wife of the famed American writer Edmund Wilson.
 Elena was a central figure in Wilson's life from the time they met until his death in 1972.
 She was the literary executrix of his estate and helped Leon Edel edit her husband's journals.
 She also edited a book of his literary correspondence.

Question: Would the works of Alain-Fournier be included within the library planned by Edmund Wilson?
Answer: no