num_pages: 256
description: Set against the backdrop of a fictional 1890s town, Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio depicts the not-so-simple lives of its residents as seen through the eyes of George Willard, a young and observant resident.The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the first book edition, published in 1919, and includes Harald Toksvig's original map of the fictional Winesburg. Ample annotation is provided throughout."Backgrounds" includes five of Anderson's letters, which illustrate his ideas about the stories; memoirs in which he wrestles with the revision process; and eight reviews of Winesburg, Ohio by Anderson's contemporaries, among them H. L. Mencken and William Faulkner."Criticism" collects six of the most illuminating assessments of the book published in the last three decades. A variety of perspectives is provided by Walter B. Rideout, Sally Adair Rigsbee, John Updike, Joseph Dewey, Kim Townsend, and David Stouck.A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included.
language: English
title: Winesburg, Ohio
titlecomplete: Winesburg, Ohio (Norton Critical Editions)
characters: Tandy Hard, Ray Pearson, Elmer Cowley, David Hardy, Enoch Robinson, Jesse Bentley, Kate Swift, The Reverend Curtis Hartman, Joe Welling, Seth Richmond, Doctor Parcival, Louise Trunnion, Belle Carpenter, Wash Williams, George Willard, Louise Bentley, Elizabeth Willard, Tom Foster, Helen White, Alice Hindman
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, American, Americana, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 34008
places: Ohio
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company