A New Book of the Grotesques by The Kent State University Press - 9780873388276

Name: A New Book of the Grotesques by The Kent State University Press - 9780873388276
Brand: Kent State University Press

Kent State University Press

A New Book of the GrotesquesContemporary Approaches to Sherwood Anderson's Early Fiction\nAuthor(s): The Kent State University Press\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Kent State University Press, United States\nImprint: Kent State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780873388276, 978-0873388276\nSynopsis\nSherwood 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 from contemporary interpretative methodologies, particularly from poststru.