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- catalog abstract ""The critic Edmund Wilson called Sinclair Lewis "one of the national poets." In the 1920s, Lewis fired off a fusillade of sensational novels, exploding American shibboleths with a volatile mixture of caricature and photographic realism. With an unerring eye for the American scene and an omnivorous ear for American talk, he mocked such sacrosanct institutions as the small town (Main Street), business (Babbitt), medicine (Arrowsmith), and religion (Elmer Gantry). His shrewdly observed characters became part of the American gallery, and his titles became part of the language." "Bringing to bear newly uncovered correspondence, diaries, and criticism, Richard Lingeman, distinguished biographer of Theodore Dreiser, paints a sympathetic portrait - in all its multihued contradictions - of a seminal American writer who could be inwardly the loneliest of men and outwardly as gregarious as George Follansbee Babbitt himself. Lingeman writes with sympathy and understanding about Lewis's losing struggle with alcoholism; his stormy marriages, including one to the superwoman Dorothy Thompson, whose fame as a newspaper columnist in the 1930s outshone Lewis's fading star as a novelist; and his wistful, autumnal love for an actress more than thirty years younger than he."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12400760.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""The critic Edmund Wilson called Sinclair Lewis "one of the national poets." In the 1920s, Lewis fired off a fusillade of sensational novels, exploding American shibboleths with a volatile mixture of caricature and photographic realism. With an unerring eye for the American scene and an omnivorous ear for American talk, he mocked such sacrosanct institutions as the small town (Main Street), business (Babbitt), medicine (Arrowsmith), and religion (Elmer Gantry). His shrewdly observed characters became part of the American gallery, and his titles became part of the language." "Bringing to bear newly uncovered correspondence, diaries, and criticism, Richard Lingeman, distinguished biographer of Theodore Dreiser, paints a sympathetic portrait - in all its multihued contradictions - of a seminal American writer who could be inwardly the loneliest of men and outwardly as gregarious as George Follansbee Babbitt himself. Lingeman writes with sympathy and understanding about Lewis's losing struggle with alcoholism; his stormy marriages, including one to the superwoman Dorothy Thompson, whose fame as a newspaper columnist in the 1930s outshone Lewis's fading star as a novelist; and his wistful, autumnal love for an actress more than thirty years younger than he."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Harry -- Go east, young man -- Seacoast of Bohemia -- Our Mr. Lewis -- Commuter -- "Satevenposter" -- Research magnificent -- Home front -- Looking for Main Street -- Washington merry-go-round -- Famooser -- Babbitts abroad -- Babbitt in London town -- Age of pep -- In search of Arrowsmith -- London season -- Designs for living -- Sounding brass -- Triumph of Gantryism -- Tears of things -- Dorothy and Red -- Travels on the left -- Zenith in Stockholm -- Thorns in the laurels -- Great woman -- Can it happen here? -- Political theater -- Exits and entrances -- Quiet mind -- On native ground -- Grand republic -- American dilemma -- Lion at evening -- Wanderer.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [625]-631) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 659 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Sinclair Lewis.".
- catalog identifier "0679438238 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sinclair Lewis.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Sinclair Lewis.".
- catalog subject "813/.52 B 21".
- catalog subject "Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.".
- catalog subject "Novelists, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PS3523.E94 Z627 2002".
- catalog subject "Satire, American History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Harry -- Go east, young man -- Seacoast of Bohemia -- Our Mr. Lewis -- Commuter -- "Satevenposter" -- Research magnificent -- Home front -- Looking for Main Street -- Washington merry-go-round -- Famooser -- Babbitts abroad -- Babbitt in London town -- Age of pep -- In search of Arrowsmith -- London season -- Designs for living -- Sounding brass -- Triumph of Gantryism -- Tears of things -- Dorothy and Red -- Travels on the left -- Zenith in Stockholm -- Thorns in the laurels -- Great woman -- Can it happen here? -- Political theater -- Exits and entrances -- Quiet mind -- On native ground -- Grand republic -- American dilemma -- Lion at evening -- Wanderer.".
- catalog title "Sinclair Lewis : rebel from Main Street / Richard Lingeman.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".