A New Book of the Grotesques: Contemporary Approaches to Sherwood Anderson's Early Fiction
- ISBN-10
- 0873388275
- ISBN-13
- 9780873388276
- Category
- City and town life in literature
- Pages
- 134
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Author
- Robert Dunne
Description
Sherwood Anderson, remembered chiefly as a writer of short stories about life in the Midwest at the turn of the century, was acknowledged as an innovator of the short story form. This book looks at Anderson's early fiction from contemporary interpretative methodologies, particularly from poststructuralist approaches.
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