Winesburg, Ohio

Description

A novel about life in a small Midwestern town in the 1890s, where everyday existence is not always as simple as it seems. This "Norton Critical Edition" contains the text of the first book edition, published in 1919. It is annotated and is accompanied by a map of Winesburg. The "Backgrounds" section includes a selection of Anderson's letters and memoirs as well as eight contemporary reviews that indicate the initial critical reception of "Winesburg, Ohio", whilst "Criticism" collects six assessments of the book published since the 1960s. A chronology and selected bibliography are also included.

Author description

Charles E. Modlin is Professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he has taught since 1968. He is the editor of Certain Things Last: The Selected Short Stories of Sherwood Anderson, Sherwood Anderson's Love Letters to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson, Sherwood Anderson: Selected Letters, and co-editor of Sherwood Anderson: Centennial Studies. He is co-editor of The Winesburg Eagle (the newsletter of the Sherwood Anderson Society) and author of many articles related to Sherwood Anderson. Ray Lewis White is Distinguished Professor of English at Illinois State University, where he has taught since 1968. He is the author of Gore Vidal and "Winesburg, Ohio": An Exploration. He has edited many books, including The Achievement of Sherwood Anderson, Sherwood Anderson's Memoirs, Sherwood Anderson/Gertrude Stein, and Sherwood Anderson's Secret Love Letters. His articles on various aspects of American literature have been widely published.