Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146) and index.
Biography of Sherwood Anderson -- A note on the grotesque -- Critical views on Winesburg, Ohio. David D. Anderson on the desire for permanence ; Clarence Lindsay on the small town ; Paul P. Somers, Jr. on narrative distance -- Plot summary of "Godliness" -- List of characters in "Godliness" -- Critical views on "Godliness". Joseph Dewey on Jesse Bentley ; Robert H. Sykes on the identity of the fanatical farmer ; Rosemary M. Laughlin on the American dream ; John O'Neill on narrative function ; Thomas Wetzel on Jesse Bentley as biblical figure -- Plot summary of "Death in the woods" -- List of characters in "Death in the woods" -- Critical views on "Death in the woods". Clare Colquitt on the reader as voyeur ; Mary Anne Ferguson on the narrator's persona ; Sister Mary Joselyn, O.S.B. on artistic dimensions -- Thomas E. Kennedy on fiction as its own subject ; William V. Miller on the role of the narrator ; William J. Scheick on the compulsion for repetition ; Jules Zanger on Anderson's recreation of truth -- Plot summary of "The man who became a woman" -- List of characters in "The man who became a woman" -- Critical views on "The man who became a woman". Irving Howe on the aura of implied terror ; Howard S. Babb's response to Irving Howe ; Horace Gregory on the grotesque ; Lonna M. Malmsheimer on sexual metaphor as social criticism ; Welford Dunaway Taylor on the initiation ritual -- Plot summary of "I want to know why" -- List of characters in "I want to know why" -- Critical views on "I want to know why". James Ellis on Anderson's fear of sexuality ; Peter Freese on socialization process as theme ; Frank Gado on the narrator's ambivalence ; John E. Parish on the silent father ; Walter B. Rideout on biography and fiction -- Plot summary of "The egg" -- List of characters in "The egg" -- Critical views on "The egg". Michael D. West on Anderson's triumph ; N. Bryllion Fagin on the thematic structure ; David R. Mesher on the triumph of Anderson's ego.
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Includes critical views on six of Sherwood Anderson's short stories: Winesburg, Ohio; Godliness; Death in the woods; The man who became a woman; I want to know why; and, The egg.
Anderson, Sherwood,1876-1941-- Criticism and interpretation.