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The Rise of Sinclair Lewis, 1920–1930

The Rise of Sinclair Lewis, 1920–1930

James M. Hutchisson

Pennsylvania State University Press
2002
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The Rise of Sinclair Lewis examines the making of Lewis’ s best-selling novels Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith, and Elmer Gantry—their sources, composition, publication, and subsequent critical reception. Drawing on thousands of pages of material from Lewis’s notes, outlines, and drafts—most of it never before published—James M. Hutchisson shows how Lewis selected usable materials and shaped them, through his unique vision, into novels that reached and remained part of the American literary imagination. Hutchisson also describes for the first time how large a role was played by Lewis’s wives, assistants, and publishers in determining the final shape of his books.
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Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis

Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis

Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.
2005
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Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, applied subversive satire and razor-sharp wit in his portrayals of American life. Born and raised in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, he was one of the earliest writers to attack the myth of the noble, happy, American small town. 'Main Street', which he described as his "first novel to rouse the embattled peasantry", was praised and reviled -- and immensely popular. This initial success was followed by such accomplished books as Babbitt, Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, and Dodsworth, classics that today hold a prominent place in the American canon. Among the best of Lewis's works were short stories that he wrote for the popular magazines of the day. 'The Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis' collects the finest of these stories, acerbic tales set in Minnesota that reflect his favourite themes: local boosterism, the plight of strong women, native fascism, the grip of materialism. Lewis inserts himself as a character in two tales: he travels to Main Street's Gopher Prairie, where he talks to Dr. Will Kennicott, and to Babbitt's Zenith, where George Babbitt gives him a piece of his mind.Two of these stories have never been published, and six have not been reprinted since they first appeared. Wickedly funny and surprisingly fresh, these stories offer a unique look at one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century.
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Main Speak: Quotes from the Work of Sinclair Lewis

Main Speak: Quotes from the Work of Sinclair Lewis

Michael Fridgen

Dreamlly Books
2019
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"In her innocence she had not known that the whole town could discuss even her garments, her body. She felt that she was being dragged naked down Main Street."-Sinclair Lewis in Main Street "The tyranny of nine to five is stronger, more insistent, in every department of life, than the most officious oligarchy. Inspectors can be bribed, judges softened, and recruiting sergeants evaded, but only the grace of God will turn 3:30 into 5:30."-Sinclair Lewis in The Trail of the HawkIn 1939, Sinclair Lewis became the first person from the United States to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His incomparable satire and uncanny ability to write about everyday life earned him a place among the most read authors of the early twentieth century. Sometimes humorous, sometimes romantic, sometimes offensive, and always realistic, Lewis wrote about us-all of us. From the poor to the rich and the conservative to the liberal, nobody escaped his critical eye. He knew that every flower came with a price and he wanted us to see the thorns underneath the bloom, whether we wanted to or not. In Main Speak: Quotes from the Work of Sinclair Lewis, Michael Fridgen presents excerpts from twenty-two of Lewis's novels. These selections prove that Sinclair Lewis deserves to be listed among the very best writers to win a Nobel Prize.About the author: Michael Fridgen is from Stearns County, Minnesota-the same county where Sinclair Lewis was born and raised. Fridgen began his obsession with Lewis after graduating from a rural high school 36.5 miles from Lewis's hometown. A former finalist for the Minnesota Book Award, Fridgen has written several works of fiction and three nonfiction books about the theme park industry. He lives in Minneapolis.
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It Can Happen Here: Jack London Sinclair Lewis Philip Roth

It Can Happen Here: Jack London Sinclair Lewis Philip Roth

Claire Sprague

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2012
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Can right wing revolution happen here? Yes, say three great American writers: Jack London, Sinclair Lewis and Philip Roth. In the first dystopia, "The Iron Heel", London imagines a proto-fascist Oligarchy that precipitates the overthrow of the elected government by throwing a bomb in the House of Representatives in 1913. That act would be called terrorist today. No proto-fascist group needs to do the deed in 1936 and 1940. The two elected presidents do it for them. President Buzz Windrip shows his true colors as a fascist in "It Can't Happen Here" and President Charles Lindbergh, the celebrity aviator and America First sympathizer, shows his when he defeats FDR and acts out his political sympathies in "The Plot Against America". Does Donald Trump know that America First, his slogan during his campaign, had a prior life as an isolationist movement or does he count on our ignorance of American history? Few readers of "The Call of the Wild" know that London was a committed Socialist whose works influenced George Orwell's "1984". Orwell praised "The Iron Heel"'s political prescience, but was less sure of its literary strengths. Nonetheless, the novel is a formidable work of imagination that has been called America's "1984". "It Can't Happen Here" was published just before FDR's second term when the country was in deep depression and Hitler's rise had barely begun. "The Plot Against America" centers on a Jewish family in a fascist America. It overlaps Lewis's novel in fictional time, taking the reader into the 1940s. It has happened here in fictional time. Can it happen here in historical time? All three novels underscore the historical strengths of native right wing movements. Fascism did not happen here, but these novels powerfully evoke its dark potential in American life.
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Study Guide to Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Study Guide to Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Influence Publishers
2020
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt, a novel that contributed to Lewis' eventual Nobel Prize award. As a satirical novel of the roaring twenties, Babbitt addresses the "American Dream" as was idolized by the middle class in early 20th century America. Moreover, this satirical work points to the attitudes, values, and beliefs of the American middle class living in such a prosperous time, with an emphasis on security and conformity. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Lewis' classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.
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Literarische Kulturkritik ALS Dekodierung Von Macht Und Werten Am Beispiel Ausgewaehlter Romane Von Upton Sinclair, Frank Norris, John DOS Passos Und Sinclair Lewis

Literarische Kulturkritik ALS Dekodierung Von Macht Und Werten Am Beispiel Ausgewaehlter Romane Von Upton Sinclair, Frank Norris, John DOS Passos Und Sinclair Lewis

Franz-Peter Spaunhorst

Peter Lang GmbH
1987
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Die amerikanische Kultur ist umfassend nur mit Hilfe eines kulturtheoretischen Konzeptes zu analysieren, welches sich fur empirische wie hermeneutische Disziplinen der Amerikastudien/American Studies eignet. Die vorliegende Untersuchung geht davon aus, dass 1. Kulturen sich durch spezifische Werteraster unterscheiden, welche die Kommunikation pragen, 2. in jeder Kultur Machtverhaltnisse herrschen, die sich ebenfalls in Kommunikation ausdrucken. Dementsprechend wird ein Grobmodell von Kultur als gleichzeitig macht- und wertgepragter Kommunikation entwickelt und mit Hilfe eines daraus abgeleiteten Verfahrens gezeigt, dass literarische Texte als kritische, Macht und Werte dekodierende Analyse kultureller Epochen gelesen werden konnen."
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Babbitt

Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis

Vintage
1994
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Realising that his life is devoid of meaning, he grows determined to transcend his trivial existence and search for a greater purpose. In the economic boom years of 1920s' America, Babbitt became a symbol of middle-class mediocrity, and his name an enduring part of the American lexicon.
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Main Street

Main Street

Sinclair Lewis

Penguin Classics
1995
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Sinclair Lewis' barbed portrait of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, shattered the myth of the American Middle West as God's Country and became a symbol of the cultural narrow-mindedness and smug complacency of small towns everywhere. At the center of the novel is Carol Kennicott, the wife of a town doctor, who dreams of initiating social reforms and introducing art and literature to the community. The range of reactions to "Main Street" when it was published in 1920 was extraordinary, reflecting the ambivalence in the novel itself and Lewis' own mixed feelings about his hometwon of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the prototype for Gopher Prairie.
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Babbitt

Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
1996
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George F. Babbitt, a conniving, real estate man from Ohio, revels in his popularity, success, and, especially, in the material rewards they bring. He bullies his wife, flirts with other women, and patronizes the less successful. But when his best friend is sent to prison for killing his wife, Babbitt's middle-class complacency is shattered, and he rebels, seeking a more 'meaningful' life. His small revolt is quickly defeated, however, by public opinion and his own need for acceptance.
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Main Street

Main Street

Sinclair Lewis

Houghton Mifflin
1989
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In this classic satire of small-town America, beautiful young Carol Kennicott comes to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, with dreams of transforming the provincial old town into a place of beauty and culture. But she runs into a wall of bigotry, hypocrisy and complacency. The first popular bestseller to attack conventional ideas about marriage, gender roles, and small town life, Main Street established Lewis as a major American novelist.
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Babbitt

Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis

Oxford University Press
2010
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Amusing and tragic by turn, Sinclair Lewis's classic novel is a biting satire of middle-American values whose title has entered the language as a byword for smug complacency, conformity, and materialism, and whose suburban targets are still much in evidence. A successful real estate agent, George F. Babbitt is a member of all the right clubs, and unquestioningly shares the same aspirations and ideas as his friends and fellow Boosters. Yet even Babbitt dreams of romance and escape, and when his best friend does something to throw his world upside down, he rebels, and tries to find fulfillment in romantic adventures and liberal thinking. Hilarious and poignant, Babbitt turns the spotlight on middle America and strips bare the hypocrisy of business practice, social mores, politics, and religious institutions. In his introduction and notes Gordon Hutner explores the novel's historical and literary contexts, and highlights its rich cultural and social references. The book also features an up-to-date bibliography and explanatory notes that document and gloss the rich social history of the period. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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It Can't Happen Here

It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis

Penguin Classics
2017
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'An eerily prescient foreshadowing of current affairs' Guardian'Not only Lewis's most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in the United States' New YorkerA vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fearmongering demagogue runs for President of the United States - and wins. Sinclair Lewis's chilling 1935 bestseller is the story of Buzz Windrip, 'Professional Common Man', who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but takes the country down a far darker path. As the new regime slides into authoritarianism, newspaper editor Doremus Jessup can't believe it will last - but is he right? This cautionary tale of liberal complacency in the face of populist tyranny shows it really can happen here.
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Mod Lib Kingsblood Royal

Mod Lib Kingsblood Royal

Sinclair Lewis

Random House Inc
2001
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A neglected tour de force by the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Kingsblood Royal is a stirring and wickedly funny portrait of a man who resigns from the white race. When Neil Kingsblood a typical middle-American banker with a comfortable life makes the shocking discovery that he has African-American blood, the odyssey that ensues creates an unforgettable portrayal of two Americas, one black, one white.As timely as when it was first published in 1947, one need only open today's newspaper to see the same issues passionately being discussed between blacks and whites that we find in Kingsblood Royal, says Charles Johnson. Perhaps only now can we fully appreciate Sinclair Lewis's astonishing achievement.
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Babbitt

Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis

Modern Library Inc
2002
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George E. Babbitt, a conniving, prosperous real estate man from Zenith, Ohio, revels in his popularity, his success, and, especially, in the material rewards they bring. He bullies his wife, flirts with other women, and patronizes the less successful. But when his best friend is sent to prison for killing his wife, Babbitt's middle-class complacency is shattered, and he rebels, seeking a more "meaningful" life. His small revolt is quickly defeated, however, by public opinion and his own need for acceptance. Babbitt captures the flavor of America during the economic boom years of the 1920s, and its protagonist has become the symbol of middle-class mediocrity, his name an enduring part of the American lexicon.
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It Can't Happen Here

It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis

BERKLEY BOOKS
2005
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A New England newspaper editor fights to destroy the fascist dictatorship established by President Berzelius Windrip in this classic work by the author of Babbit, Arrowsmith, and Main Street that prophesizes the coming of totalitarianism in the United States. Reprint.
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