Lewis, Sinclair (1885-1951)
Born in 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Sinclair Lewis would become one of America's most forceful social critics during the 1920s. After attending Yale, he had held...
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Excerpt from BabbittPublished in 1922
Anative of the midwestern United States, Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) chronicled through novels and short stories the changes brought by the ...
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Sinclair Lewis
Born February 7, 1885 (Sauk Centre, Minnesota)Died January 10, 1951 (Rome, Italy)
Novelist
Sinclair Lewis may have been the most popular novelist of the Roaring Twenties. In such best-s...
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Although Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was the most celebrated American literary figure of the 1920s, his popular, mildly satirical novels today are valued mainly for their sociohistorical relevanc...
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The career of Sinclair Lewis is impressive in its presumption, range, and achievement. He undertook to reflect in his novels the distresses felt by a generation trying to find its way in a period of...
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The literary reputation of Sinclair Lewis rests on his best novels, which depict and often penetrate the confusion caused by America's change from a rural to an urban, industrial culture. Lewis's 12...
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Biography EssayThe career of Sinclair Lewis is impressive in its presumption, range, and achievement. He undertook to reflect in his novels the distresses felt by a generation trying to find its way i...
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Sinclair Harry Lewis was an American author during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Lewis was one of the greatest satirists of his time. Lewis possessed values of ignorance, small town values, and reli...
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Harry Sinclair Lewis was born February 7th, 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Lewis' mother died in 1891. Lewis's father remarried and Lewis became close to his stepmother, Isabel. Lewis's father, Emm...
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