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- Sinclair Lewis Remembered
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
- Series: American Writers Remembered
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Sinclair Lewis Remembered is a collection of reminiscences and memoirs by contemporaries, friends, and associates of Lewis that offers a revealing and intimate portrait of this complex and significant Nobel Prize–winning American writer.
After a troubled career as a student at Yale, Sinclair Lewis turned to literature as his livelihood, publishing numerous works of popular fiction that went unnoticed by critics. With the 1920s, however, came Main Street, Lewis’s first critical success, which was soon followed by Babbitt, Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, and Dodsworth—five of the most influential social novels in the history of American letters, all written within one decade.
Nevertheless, Lewis’s Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930 led to controversy. Writers such as Theodore Dreiser, William Faulkner, and Thomas Mann expressed their dissent with the decision. Unable to match his previous success, Lewis suffered from alcoholism, alienated colleagues, and embraced unpopular political positions. The nadir for Lewis’s literary reputation was Mark Schorer’s 1961 biography, Sinclair Lewis: An American Life, which helped to legitimize the dismissal of Lewis’s entire body of work.
Recent scholarly research has seen a resurgence of interest in Lewis and his writings. The multiple and varied perspectives found in Sinclair Lewis Remembered, edited by Gary Scharnhorst and Matthew Hofer, illustrate uncompromised glimpses of a complicated writer who should not be forgotten. The more than 115 contributions to this volume include reminiscences by Upton Sinclair, Edna Ferber, Alfred Harcourt, Samuel Putnam, H. L. Mencken, John Hersey, Hallie Flanagan, and many others.
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- Chronology
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-10
- Part 1. Sauk Centre: 1885–1903
- 1. Hazel Palmer Lynam
- pp. 13-14
- 2. Isabel Lewis Agrell
- pp. 15-16
- Part 2. New Haven and New Jersey: 1903–8
- 3. Chauncey Brewster Tinker
- pp. 19-20
- 5. Henry Seidel Canby
- pp. 22-23
- 6. Leonard Bacon
- pp. 24-25
- 7. Upton Sinclair
- pp. 26-27
- 8. Emile Gauvreau
- p. 28
- Part 3. Bohemia: 1908–19
- 9. William Rose Benét
- pp. 31-35
- 10. Charles Hanson Towne
- pp. 36-37
- 11. Mary Heaton Vorse
- pp. 38-39
- 12. Harrison Smith
- pp. 40-41
- 13. Edna Ferber
- p. 42
- 14. William E. Woodward
- pp. 43-45
- 15. Elizabeth Jordan
- pp. 46-49
- 16. W. D. Inglis
- pp. 50-53
- 18. Harrison Smith
- p. 55
- 19. William Rose Benét
- pp. 56-57
- 20. Alfred Harcourt
- p. 58
- 21. Fanny Butcher
- pp. 59-62
- 22. Grace Hegger Lewis
- pp. 63-64
- 23. Burton Rascoe
- pp. 65-66
- 24. Grace Hegger Lewis
- pp. 67-68
- 25. Fanny Butcher
- pp. 69-73
- 26. George H. Doran
- pp. 74-75
- Part 4. Main Street: 1919–21
- 27. Alfred Harcourt
- pp. 79-81
- 29. Grace Hegger Lewis
- pp. 83-84
- 30. Heywood Broun
- pp. 85-86
- 31. Kathleen Norris
- p. 87
- 32. George Jean Nathan
- pp. 88-89
- 33. Fanny Butcher
- p. 90
- Part 5. Zenith : 1921–22
- 34. Frazier Hunt
- pp. 93-98
- 35. Charles Phillips Russell
- pp. 99-101
- 36. Charles Breasted
- pp. 102-103
- 37. C. R. W. Nevinson
- pp. 104-105
- 38. Harold Loeb
- pp. 106-108
- 39. Lilian T. Mowrer
- pp. 109-110
- 40. Alfred Kreymborg
- pp. 111-112
- 41. George Jean Nathan
- pp. 113-115
- 42. Alfred Harcourt
- p. 116
- Part 6. Hartford and England: 1922–25
- 43. Emile Gauvreau
- p. 119
- 44. Morris Fishbein
- pp. 120-122
- 45. Alfred Harcourt
- pp. 123-124
- 46. Frazier Hunt
- pp. 125-126
- 47. Paul De Kruif
- pp. 127-130
- 48. George Jean Nathan
- pp. 131-132
- 49. Morris Fishbein
- pp. 133-134
- Part 7. Paris : 1925
- 50. Harold E. Stearns
- pp. 137-138
- 51. Samuel Putnam
- pp. 139-140
- 52. George Slocombe
- pp. 141-142
- 53. Nina Hamnett
- p. 143
- 54. Robert McAlmon
- pp. 144-145
- 55. Sisley Huddleston
- pp. 146-148
- Part 8. Katonah: 1925–26
- 56. Grace Hegger Lewis
- pp. 151-152
- 57. Matthew Josephson
- pp. 153-154
- 58. James Branch Cabell
- p. 155
- 59. George Jean Nathan
- pp. 156-158
- Part 9. Kansas City to Berlin: 1926–27
- 60. Samuel Harkness
- pp. 161-162
- 61. George Seldes
- p. 163
- 62. Charles Breasted
- pp. 164-169
- 63. Ramon Guthrie
- pp. 170-173
- 64. Vincent Sheean
- pp. 174-175
- 65. Claud Cockburn
- p. 176
- Part 10. At Large: 1928–30
- 66. Charles Breasted
- pp. 179-180
- 67. Vincent Sheean
- pp. 181-182
- 68. Eileen Agar
- pp. 183-184
- 69. Alfred Harcourt
- pp. 185-186
- 70. Ramon Guthrie
- pp. 187-188
- 71. Morley Callaghan
- pp. 189-190
- 72. Gordon Sinclair
- p. 191
- 73. William E. Woodward
- pp. 192-194
- Part 11. Stockholm: 1930–31
- 74. H. Allen Smith
- pp. 197-198
- 75. George Jean Nathan
- pp. 199-200
- 76. Carl Van Doren
- p. 201
- 77. Dorothy Thompson
- pp. 202-213
- 78. Fanny Butcher [Contains Image Plates]
- pp. 214-215
- 79. Louis Adamic
- pp. 216-218
- 80. Harrison Smith
- pp. 219-220
- Part 12. Grub Street: 1932–39
- 81. William L. Shirer
- pp. 223-224
- 82. Dorothy Thompson
- pp. 225-226
- 83. Fanny Butcher
- p. 227
- 84. George Seldes
- pp. 228-229
- 85. Malcolm Cowley
- pp. 230-231
- 86. Benjamin Stolberg
- pp. 232-234
- 87. Ramon Guthrie
- pp. 235-238
- 88. Budd Schulberg
- pp. 239-252
- 89. Fanny Butcher
- p. 253
- 90. Hallie Flanagan
- pp. 254-256
- 91. Edward Robb Ellis
- pp. 257-259
- 92. John Hersey
- p. 260
- 93. Margaret Widdemer
- p. 261
- 94. George Seldes
- pp. 262-263
- 95. Fanny Butcher
- p. 264
- 96. Fay Wray
- pp. 265-266
- 97. Kitty Carlisle
- pp. 267-268
- Part 13. The Slough of Despond: 1939–45
- 98. Edward F. Murphy
- pp. 271-276
- 99. James Branch Cabell
- p. 277
- 100. Fanny Butcher
- p. 278
- 101. Dorothy Thompson
- pp. 279-280
- 102. Harrison Smith
- p. 281
- 103. H. L. Mencken
- pp. 282-284
- 104. Herbert R. Mayes
- pp. 285-286
- Part 14. Thorvale Farm: 1946–49
- 106. Harrison Smith
- pp. 291-292
- 107. Frederick Manfred
- pp. 293-294
- 108. Barnaby Conrad
- pp. 295-296
- 109. Betty Stevens
- pp. 297-307
- 110. Ida L. Compton
- pp. 308-312
- 111. Horace R. Cayton Jr.
- pp. 313-319
- 112. Allen Austin
- pp. 320-330
- 113. Bennett Cerf
- pp. 331-332
- Part 15. World So Wide: 1949–51
- 115. Perry Miller
- pp. 337-345
- 116. Alexander Manson
- pp. 346-349
- 117. Frederick Manfred
- p. 350
- List of Reminiscences
- pp. 351-354
- Bibliography
- pp. 385-389
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817386276
Related ISBN(s)
9780817317720
MARC Record
OCLC
819635362
Pages
416
Launched on MUSE
2012-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012