An edition of Sinclair Lewis remembered (2012)

Sinclair Lewis remembered

Sinclair Lewis remembered
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An edition of Sinclair Lewis remembered (2012)

Sinclair Lewis remembered

"Sinclair Lewis Remembered is a collection of reminiscences and memoirs by contemporaries, friends, and associates of Lewis that offers a revealing and intimate portrait of this complex and significant Nobel Prize-winning American writer. After a troubled career as a student at Yale, Sinclair Lewis turned to literature as his livelihood, publishing numerous works of popular fiction that went largely unnoticed by critics. With the 1920s, however, came Main Street, Lewis's first critical success, which was soon followed by Babbitt, Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, and Dodsworth - five of the most influential social novels in the history of American letters, all written within one decade. Each work drew from the Midwestern sensibilities Lewis recalled from his childhood, and introduced new terms into the contemporary lexicon, such as Main Streeter and Babbittry. Nevertheless, Lewis's Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930 led to controversy. Writers such as Theodore Dreiser, William Faulkner, and Thomas Mann expressed their disagreement with the decision. Unable to match his previous success, Lewis suffered from alcoholism, alienated colleagues, and embraced radical political positions. The nadir for Lewis's literary reputation was Mark Schorer's 1961 biography Sinclair Lewis: An American Life, which helped to legitimize the dismissal of Lewis's entire body of work. Recent scholarly research has seen a resurgence of interest in Lewis and his writings. The multiple and varied perspectives found in Sinclair Lewis Remembered provide uncompromised glimpses of a complicated writer who should not be forgotten. The more than 115 contributions to this volume include writings by Upton Sinclair, Edna Ferber, Alfred Harcourt, Samuel Putnam, H.L. Mencken, John Hersey, Hallie Flanagan, and many others."--Jacket.

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Language
English
Pages
400

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Sinclair Lewis remembered
2012, University of Alabama Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Tuscaloosa
Series
American writers remembered

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.52
Library of Congress
PS3523.E94 Z837 2012, PS3523.E94Z837 2012, PS3523

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
400

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25247153M
ISBN 13
9780817317720, 9780817386276
LCCN
2012008304
OCLC/WorldCat
779740336

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