| Winesburg, Ohio Contributor(s): Anderson, Sherwood (Author), Howe, Irving (Introduction by), Koontz, Dean (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0451529952 ISBN-13: 9780451529954 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: Inspired by Anderson's Midwestern boyhood and his observations in early 20th-century Chicago, the loosely connected stories in "Winesburg, Ohio" gave birth to the American story cycle, for which Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and later writers were forever indebted. Reissue. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Signet Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 4.24" W x 6.84" (0.33 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winesburg, Ohio, gave birth to the American story cycle, for which William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and later writers were forever indebted. Defying the prudish sensibilities of his time, Anderson never omitted anything adult, harsh, or shocking; instead he embraced frankness, truth, and the hidden depths everyone possesses. Here we meet young George Willard, a newspaper reporter with dreams; Kate Swift, the schoolteacher who attempts to seduce him; Wing Biddlebaum, a berry picker whose hands are the source of both his renown and shame; Alice Hindman, who has one last adventure; and all the other complex human beings whose portraits brought American literature into the modern age. Their stories make up a classic and place its author alongside the best of American writers. With an Introduction by Irving Howe and an Afterword by Dean Koontz |