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Very good. Tan cloth with green font on cover and spine. Without dust jacket. Reprint of 1940 publication, isbn 0911858113. Introduction David Anderson. 142 photo graphs including pictures by Ben Shahn, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, John Vachon etal. Former owners named penned inside cover, otherwise without writing.Discoloration on front cover, now under mylar wraps. Rare hard to find edition. Collectible as not reprinted. Anderson's tribute to America's past and hopes of what values it could again achieve in post-depression America.
- GenresPhotography
145 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1968
About the author
Sherwood Anderson
427 books619 followersOften autobiographical, works of American writer Sherwood Anderson include
Winesburg, Ohio
(1919).
He supported his family and consequently never finished high school. He successfully managed a paint factory in Elyria before 1912 and fathered three children with the first of his four wives. In 1912, Anderson deserted his family and job.
In early 1913, he moved to Chicago, where he devoted more time to his imagination. He broke with considered materialism and convention to commit to art as a consequently heroic model for youth.
Mainly know for his short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. One can hear its profound influence on fiction in Ernest Miller Hemingway, William Faulkner, Thomas Clayton Wolfe, John Ernst Steinbeck, and Erskine Preston Caldwell.
Most important book collects 22 stories. The stories explore the inhabitants of a fictional version of Clyde, the small farm town, where Anderson lived for twelve early years. These tales made a significant break with the traditional short story. Instead of emphasizing plot and action, Anderson used a simple, precise, unsentimental style to reveal the frustration, loneliness, and longing in the lives of his characters. The narrowness of Midwestern small-town life and their own limitations stunt these characters.
Despite no wholly successful novel, Anderson composed several classic short stories. He influenced Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and the coming generation.
He supported his family and consequently never finished high school. He successfully managed a paint factory in Elyria before 1912 and fathered three children with the first of his four wives. In 1912, Anderson deserted his family and job.
In early 1913, he moved to Chicago, where he devoted more time to his imagination. He broke with considered materialism and convention to commit to art as a consequently heroic model for youth.
Mainly know for his short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. One can hear its profound influence on fiction in Ernest Miller Hemingway, William Faulkner, Thomas Clayton Wolfe, John Ernst Steinbeck, and Erskine Preston Caldwell.
Most important book collects 22 stories. The stories explore the inhabitants of a fictional version of Clyde, the small farm town, where Anderson lived for twelve early years. These tales made a significant break with the traditional short story. Instead of emphasizing plot and action, Anderson used a simple, precise, unsentimental style to reveal the frustration, loneliness, and longing in the lives of his characters. The narrowness of Midwestern small-town life and their own limitations stunt these characters.
Despite no wholly successful novel, Anderson composed several classic short stories. He influenced Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and the coming generation.
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May 30, 2018
3.5 rounded up because of the great FSA photographs.
The writing here, is just OK- quick and easy.
This makes the end of having read all of the works of Sherwood Anderson published while he was alive. I'm looking forward to digging into some collections of his letters to see how gossipy he might get.
The writing here, is just OK- quick and easy.
This makes the end of having read all of the works of Sherwood Anderson published while he was alive. I'm looking forward to digging into some collections of his letters to see how gossipy he might get.
Displaying 1 of 1 review