Synopses & Reviews
Published two years after the innovative, influential 1919 masterpiece Winesburg, Ohio, this collection of short stories solidified the author's reputation as a major American writer. Despite their narrative simplicity (similar in style to the work of Hemingway, who was highly influenced by Anderson's technique), these stories explore intriguing psychological depths, redolent with personal epiphanies, erotic undercurrents, and sudden eruptions of passion among seemingly repressed, inarticulate Midwesterners.
Synopsis
Published two years after Winesburg, Ohio, his innovative, influential 1919 masterpiece, the stories in this rich collection cemented Sherwood Anderson's reputation as a major American writer. They possess a surface simplicity like those of Hemingway, who was indelibly influenced by Anderson's technique. But Anderson's stories also have a breathtaking freshness and depth, presenting honest epiphanies, undercurrents of erotic longing, and sudden eruptions of passion among seemingly bottled-up, inarticulate midwesterners. Students, teachers, writers, and all lovers of good fiction are sure to welcome this inexpensive new edition.
Synopsis
Published two years after the 1919 masterpiece
Winesburg, Ohio, this collection of short stories explores intriguing psychological depths, redolent with personal epiphanies, erotic undercurrents, and bursts of passion among seemingly repressed, inarticulate Midwesterners.
Synopsis
Personal epiphanies, erotic undercurrents, and bursts of passion among seemingly inarticulate Midwesterners. Innovative, influential narrative technique.
Table of Contents
I Want to Know Why
Seeds
The Other Woman
The Egg
Unlighted Lamps
Senility
The Man in the Brown Coat
Brothers
The Door of the Trap
The New Englander
War
Motherhood
Out of Nowhere into Nothing