The rise of Sinclair Lewis, 1920-1930
By: James M. Hutchisson.
Series: Penn State series in the history of the book
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: University Park
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Description: This study examines the making of these novels - their sources, composition, publication, and subsequent critical reception. Drawing on thousands of pages of material from Lewis's notes, outlines, and drafts, most of it never before published, James M. Hutchisson shows how Lewis selected usable materials and shaped them, through his unique vision, into novels that reached and remained part of the American literary imagination.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.