num_pages: 560
description: Though American writer Lewis (1885-1951) is best known for his novels and essays attacking some of the less admirable aspects of society, Bucco (English, Colorado State U.) finds that he is almost always concerned with the nature of literature, what it should be, and particular examples of it. He begins with a biographical overview of him as a reader and critic, and a summary of his ideas and images on readers and reading. The core of the study chronologically identifies and comments on allusions in his novels to writers and works ranging from Homer to Truman Capote and Norman Mailer. Then he looks at his reflections on the problems of writers and writing, and his attitudes towards literary critics and literary criticism. The text is double spaced. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Sinclair Lewis As Reader and Critic
titlecomplete: Sinclair Lewis As Reader and Critic (Studies in American Literature)
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr