Sherwood Anderson
Subtitle: collected stories
By: Charles Baxter, editor
Contributors: Baxter, Charles, 1947-
Series: The Library of America -- 235; Library of America -- 235.
Publisher: Library of America
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 898
ISBN-13: 9781598532043
Subjects: Chronology; American Short stories
Description: In the winter of 1912, Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) abruptly left his office and spent three days wandering through the Ohio countryside, a victim of "nervous exhaustion." Over the next few years, abandoning his family and his business, he resolved to become a writer. Novels and poetry followed, but it was with the story collection Winesburg, Ohio that he found his ideal form, remaking the American short story for the modern era. Hart Crane, one of the first to recognize Anderson's genius, quickly hailed his accomplishment:
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Winesburg, Ohio; title: The triumph of the egg; title: Horses and men; title: Death in the woods and other stories; title: Uncollected stories.