Sinclair Lewis Remembered

by Scharnhorst, Gary; Hofer, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780817317720
• ISBN10: 0817317724
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-28
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr
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Summary

Sinclair Lewis Rememberedis 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 Prizewinning American writer. After 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 Main Street, Lewis's first critical success, which was soon followed by Babbitt, Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, and Dodsworth-five of the most influential social novels in the history of American letters, all written within one decade. 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, Sinclair Lewis: An American Life, which helped to legitimize the dismissal of Lewis's entire body of work. Recent scholarly research has seen a resurgence of interest in Lewis and his writings. The multiple and varied perspectives found in Remembering Sinclair Lewis, 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.

Table of Contents

Chronology	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Sauk Centre: 1885-1903	p. 11
Hazel Palmer Lynam	p. 13
Isabel Lewis Agrell	p. 15
New Haven and New Jersey: 1903-8	p. 17
Chauncey Brewster Tinker	p. 19
William Lyon Phelps	p. 21
Henry Seidel Canby	p. 22
Leonard Bacon	p. 24
Upton Sinclair	p. 26
Emile Gauvreau	p. 28
Bohemia: 1908-19	p. 29
William Rose Benét	p. 31
Charles Hanson Towne	p. 36
Mary Heaton Vorse	p. 38
Harrison Smith	p. 40
Edna Ferber	p. 42
William E.Woodward	p. 43
Elizabeth Jordan	p. 46
W. D. Inglis	p. 50
Albert Payson Terhune	p. 54
Harrison Smith	p. 55
William Rose Benet	p. 56
Alfred Harcourt	p. 58
Fanny Butcher	p. 59
Grace Hegger Lewis	p. 63
Burton Rascoe	p. 65
Grace Hegger Lewis	p. 67
Fanny Butcher	p. 69
George H. Doran	p. 74
Main Street: 1919-21	p. 77
Alfred Harcourt	p. 79
James Branch Cabell	p. 82
Grace Hegger Lewis	p. 83
Heywood Broun	p. 85
Kathleen Norris	p. 87
George Jean Nathan	p. 88
Fanny Butcher	p. 90
Zenith: 1921-22	p. 91
Frazier Hunt	p. 93
Charles Phillips Russell	p. 99
Charles Breasted	p. 102
C.R.WNevinson	p. 104
Harold Loeb	p. 106
Lilian T. Mowrer	p. 109
Alfred Kreymborg	p. 111
George Jean Nathan	p. 113
Alfred Harcourt	p. 116
Hartford and England: 1922-25	p. 117
Emile Gauvreau	p. 119
Morris Fishbein	p. 120
Alfred Harcourt	p. 123
Frazier Hunt	p. 125
Paul De Kruif	p. 127
George Jean Nathan	p. 131
Morris Fishbein	p. 133
Paris: 1925	p. 135
Harold E. Stearns	p. 137
Samuel Putnam	p. 139
George Slocombe	p. 141
Nina Hamnett	p. 143
Robert McAlmon	p. 144
SisleyHuddleston	p. 146
Katonah: 1925-26	p. 149
Grace Hegger Lewis	p. 151
Matthew Josephson	p. 153
James Branch Cabell	p. 155
George Jean Nathan	p. 156
Kansas City to Berlin: 1926-27	p. 159
Samuel Harkness	p. 161
George Seldes	p. 163
Charles Breasted	p. 164
Ramon Guthrie	p. 170
Vincent Sheean	p. 174
Claud Cockburn	p. 176
At Large: 1928-30	p. 177
Charles Breasted	p. 179
Vincent Sheean	p. 181
Eileen Agar	p. 183
Alfred Harcourt	p. 185
Ramon Guthrie	p. 187
Morley Callaghan	p. 189
Gordon Sinclair	p. 191
William E. Woodward	p. 192
Stockholm: 1930-31	p. 195
H. Allen Smith	p. 197
George Jean Nathan	p. 199
Carl Van Doren	p. 201
Dorothy Thompson	p. 202
Fanny Butcher	p. 214
Louis Adamic	p. 216
Harrison Smith	p. 219
Grub Street: 1932-39	p. 221
William L. Shirer	p. 223
Dorothy Thompson	p. 225
Fanny Butcher	p. 227
George Seldes	p. 228
Malcolm Cowley	p. 230
Benjamin Stolberg	p. 232
Ramon Guthrie	p. 235
BuddSchulberg	p. 239
Fanny Butcher	p. 253
Hallie Flanagan	p. 254
Edward Robb Ellis	p. 257
John Hersey	p. 260
Margaret Widdemer	p. 261
George Seldes	p. 262
Fanny Butcher	p. 264
FayWray	p. 265
Kitty Carlisle	p. 267
The Slough of Despond: 1939-45	p. 269
Edward F. Murphy	p. 271
James Branch Cabell	p. 277
Fanny Butcher	p. 278
Dorothy Thompson	p. 279
Harrison Smith	p. 281
H. L. Mencken	p. 282
Herbert R. Mayes	p. 285
Philip von Rohr Sauer	p. 287
Thorvale Farm: 1946-49	p. 289
Harrison Smith	p. 291
Frederick Manfred	p. 293
Barnaby Conrad	p. 295
Betty Stevens	p. 297
Ida L. Compton	p. 308
Horace R. Cay ton Jr.	p. 313
Allen Austin	p. 320
Bennett Cerf	p. 331
Michele A. Vaccariello	p. 333
World So Wide: 1949-51	p. 335
Perry Miller	p. 337
Alexander Manson	p. 346
Frederick Manfred	p. 350
List of Reminiscences	p. 351
List of Additional Sources	p. 355
Notes	p. 357
Bibliography	p. 385
Index	p. 391
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