The Wisdom of Many - Essays on the Proverb (Hardcover, New edition)

Sherwood Anderson, an important American novelist and short-story writer of the early twentieth century, is probably best known for his novel Winesburg, Ohio. His realistic and nonformulaic writing style would influence the next generation of authors, most notably Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Walter Rideout s Sherwood Anderson: A Writer in America is a seminal work that reintroduces us to this important, yet recently neglected, American writer, giving him long overdue attention. This second volume of the monumental two-volume work covers Anderson s life after his move in the mid-1920s to Ripshin, his house near Marion, Virginia (where Volume 1 ended.) The second volume covers his return to business pursuits; his extensive travels in the South touring factories, which resulted in his political involvement in labor struggles and several books on the topic; and finally his unexpected death in 1941. No other existing Anderson biography, the most recent of which was published nearly twenty years ago, is as thoroughly researched, so extensively based on primary sources and interviews with a range of Anderson s friends and family members, or as complete in its vision of the man and the writer. Rideout uncovers much new information about events and people in Anderson s life and provides a new perspective on many of his works. This two-volume biography presents Anderson s many remarkable attributes more clearly than ever before, while astutely placing his life and writings in the broader social, political, and artistic movements of his times. Outstanding Book, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Association Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine Winner, Biography Award, Society of Midland Authors"

General

Imprint:	University of Wisconsin Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2006
First published:	August 1994
Dimensions:	139 x 216 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	340
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-299-14360-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN:	0-299-14360-0
Barcode:	9780299143602

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