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A New Book of the Grotesques: Contemporary Approaches to Sherwood Anderson's Early Fiction
Robert Dunne
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Hardcover. Sherwood Anderson, remembered chiefly as a writer of short stories about life in the Midwest at the turn of the century, was acknowledged as an innovator of the short story form. This book looks at Anderson's early fiction from contemporary interpretative methodologies, particularly from poststructuralist approaches. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Sherwood Anderson, remembered chiefly as a writer of short stories about life in the Midwest at the turn of the century, was acknowledged as an innovator of the short story form and a major influence on such writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Valuable critical studies have examined his works from biographical, New Critical, or psychoanalytical approaches, but contemporary criticism on Anderson has been nearly nonexistent. A New Book of the Grotesques (the title is adapted from the first tale in Winesburg, Ohio) does not challenge previous studies of Anderson as much as it looks at Anderson's early fiction ... Read more
Sherwood Anderson, remembered chiefly as a writer of short stories about life in the Midwest at the turn of the century, was acknowledged as an innovator of the short story form and a major influence on such writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Valuable critical studies have examined his works from biographical, New Critical, or psychoanalytical approaches, but contemporary criticism on Anderson has been nearly nonexistent. A New Book of the Grotesques (the title is adapted from the first tale in Winesburg, Ohio) does not challenge previous studies of Anderson as much as it looks at Anderson's early fiction ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873388276
SKU
V9780873388276
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About Robert Dunne
Robert Dunne is professor of English at Central Connecticut State University. He has published a book on Irish immigrant writings and articles on Anderson, Faulkner, and the American literary canon in such journals as MidAmerica, Midwest Quarterly, American Literary Realism, and Studies in Short Fiction
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