The Rise of Sinclair Lewis, 1920 1930

by James M. Hutchisson

Book Overview

The Rise of Sinclair Lewis examines the making of Lewis's best-selling novels Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith, and Elmer Gantry--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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271021233
• ISBN13: 9780271021232
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"