New Essays on Winesburg, Ohio

Sixty years after its first publication, Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio continues to stand as a classic of modernist American fiction. In original new essays by David H. Stouck, Marcia Jacobson, Clare E. Colquitt, and Thomas Yingling, Winesburg is reconsidered in the contexts of the expressionist movement, the American boy-book tradition, the work of Sarah Orne Jewett, and the rise of industrial capitalism. An introduction by John W. Crowley reviews the career of Sherwood Anderson and his assimilation into the literary canon.

Series editor’s preface; 1. Introduction John W. Crowley; 2. Anderson’s expressionist art David Stouck; 3. Winesburg, Ohio and the autobiographical moment Marcia Jacobson; 4. Motherlove in two narratives of community: Winesburg, Ohio and The Country of the Pointed Firs Clare Colquitt; 5. Winesburg, Ohio and the end of collective experience Thomas Yingling; Notes on contributors; Selected bibliography.