Book

Main Street

The Story of Carol Kennicott

Sinclair Lewis

1920

Harcourt, Brace and Howe

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Sinclair Lewis.

How to Study the “Village Virus”

Sinclair Lewis and the small-town science of yearning.

by Vincent L. Femia via The Metropole on April 3, 2024

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Grant Wood’s sister, Nan Wood Graham, and his dentist, Byron McKeeby, stand by the painting for which they had posed, “American Gothic.”

Beyond the Myth of Rural America

Its inhabitants are as much creatures of state power and industrial capitalism as their city-dwelling counterparts.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The New Yorker on October 16, 2023

Illustration of a man with a shovel working a farm; the background shows scenes of family and communal life

Deep States

The old Midwest was a place animated by the belief that a self-governing republic is the best regime for man.

by Wilfred M. McClay via Claremont Review of Books on May 31, 2023

A movie still featuring a close-up of two actors from The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence: How a US Classic Defined Its Era

Cameron Laux looks at how The Age of Innocence – published 100 years ago – marked a pivotal moment in US history.

by Cameron Laux via BBC News on September 23, 2020

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