| Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, Fiction, Classics, Literary Contributor(s): Anderson, Sherwood (Author), Howe, Irving (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1598186809 ISBN-13: 9781598186802 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 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 | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6" W x 9" (0.62 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No sooner did Winesburg, Ohio make its appearance than a number of critical labels were fixed on it: the revolt against the village, the espousal of sexual freedom, the deepening of American realism. Such tags may once have had their point, but by now they seem dated and stale. The revolt against the village (about which Anderson was always ambivalent) has faded into history. The espousal of sexual freedom would soon be exceeded in boldness by other writers. And as for the effort to place Winesburg, Ohio in a tradition of American realism, that now seems dubious. Only rarely is the object of Anderson's stories social verisimilitude, or the "photographing" of familiar appearances, in the sense, say, that one might use to describe a novel by Theodore Dreiser or Sinclair Lewis. Only occasionally, and then with a very light touch, does Anderson try to fill out the social arrangements of his imaginary town -- although the fact that his stories are set in a mid-American place like Winesburg does constitute an important formative condition. |
Contributor Bio(s): Howe, Irving: - "Irving Howe (1920 - 1993) was a Jewish American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America. --Wikipedia"Anderson, Sherwood: - "Sherwood Anderson (1876 - 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. In 1912, Anderson had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his business and family to become a writer." |