Stein, Gender, Isolation, and Industrialism: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio
by Duane SimolkePublish: Jun 29, 1999General Nonfiction Book Overview
Dr. Duane Simolke examines Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, as it relates to Gertrude Stein, gender roles, failed communication, and the machine in the garden. Simolke also looks at Anderson's concerns about mechanization, loneliness, and the mistreatment of many people.
"This work should be required reading in any college course involving the art and craft of short-story writing as well as in courses on Sherwood Anderson, himself." -Ronald L. Donaghe, author of Common Sons.
Simolke also wrote The Acorn Stories, a story cycle in the tradition of Winesburg, Ohio.