{"product_id":"sinclair-lewis-remembered-gary-scharnhorst-9780817317720","title":"Sinclair Lewis Remembered","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSinclair Lewis Remembered\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of reminiscences and memoirs by contemporaries, friends, and associates of Lewis that offers a revealing and intimate portrait of this complex and significant Nobel Prize-winning American writer.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a troubled career as a student at Yale, Sinclair Lewis turned to literature as his livelihood, publishing numerous works of popular fiction that went unnoticed by critics. With the 1920s, however, came \u003ci\u003eMain Street\u003c\/i\u003e, Lewis's first critical success, which was soon followed by \u003ci\u003eBabbitt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArrowsmith\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElmer Gantry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDodsworth\u003c\/i\u003e--five of the most influential social novels in the history of American letters, all written within one decade.\u003cbr\u003e Nevertheless, Lewis's Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930 led to controversy. Writers such as Theodore Dreiser, William Faulkner, and Thomas Mann expressed their dissent with the decision. Unable to match his previous success, Lewis suffered from alcoholism, alienated colleagues, and embraced unpopular political positions. The nadir for Lewis's literary reputation was Mark Schorer's 1961 biography, \u003ci\u003eSinclair Lewis: An American Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which helped to legitimize the dismissal of Lewis's entire body of work.\u003cbr\u003e Recent scholarly research has seen a resurgence of interest in Lewis and his writings. The multiple and varied perspectives found in \u003ci\u003eSinclair Lewis Remembered\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Gary Scharnhorst and Matthew Hofer, illustrate uncompromised glimpses of a complicated writer who should not be forgotten. The more than 115 contributions to this volume include reminiscences by Upton Sinclair, Edna Ferber, Alfred Harcourt, Samuel Putnam, H. L. Mencken, John Hersey, Hallie Flanagan, and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Scharnhorst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817317724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817317720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.40d","brand":"Gary Scharnhorst","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49096754004223,"sku":"9780817317720","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sinclair-lewis-remembered-gary-scharnhorst-9780817317720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}