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- | '''Sherwood Anderson''' ([[September 13]] [[1876]] – [[March 8]] [[1941]]) was an [[American writer]], mainly of [[short story|short stories]], most notably the collection ''[[Winesburg, Ohio (novel)|Winesburg, Ohio]]''. His influence on American fiction was profound; his literary voice can be heard in [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[William Faulkner]], [[Thomas Wolfe]], [[John Steinbeck]], and others. | + | '''Sherwood Anderson''' (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in [[Cleveland]] and [[Elyria, Ohio]]. In 1912, Anderson had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his business and family to become a writer. |
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+ | At the time, he moved to [[Chicago]] and was eventually married three additional times. His most enduring work is the short-story sequence ''[[Winesburg, Ohio (novel)|Winesburg, Ohio]],'' which launched his career. Throughout the 1920s, Anderson published several short story collections, novels, memoirs, books of essays, and a book of poetry. Though his books sold reasonably well, ''[[Dark Laughter]]'' (1925), a novel inspired by Anderson's time in [[New Orleans]] during the 1920s, was his only bestseller. | ||
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==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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===Novels=== | ===Novels=== | ||
* ''[[Windy McPherson's Son]]'' (1916) | * ''[[Windy McPherson's Son]]'' (1916) | ||
* ''[[Marching Men]]'' (1917) | * ''[[Marching Men]]'' (1917) | ||
- | * ''[[Poor White]]'' (1920) | + | * ''[[Poor White (novel)|Poor White]]'' (1920) |
* ''[[Many Marriages]]'' (1923) | * ''[[Many Marriages]]'' (1923) | ||
* ''[[Dark Laughter]]'' (1925) | * ''[[Dark Laughter]]'' (1925) | ||
* ''[[Tar: A Midwest Childhood]]'' (1926, semi-autobiographical novel) | * ''[[Tar: A Midwest Childhood]]'' (1926, semi-autobiographical novel) | ||
- | * ''[[Alice and the Lost Novel|Alice and The Lost Novel]]'' (1929) | ||
* ''Beyond Desire'' (1932) | * ''Beyond Desire'' (1932) | ||
* ''Kit Brandon: A Portrait'' (1936) | * ''Kit Brandon: A Portrait'' (1936) | ||
- | ===Short Story Collections=== | + | ===Short story collections=== |
* ''[[Winesburg, Ohio (novel)|Winesburg, Ohio]]'' (1919) | * ''[[Winesburg, Ohio (novel)|Winesburg, Ohio]]'' (1919) | ||
* ''[[The Triumph of the Egg|The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions From American Life in Tales and Poems]]'' (1921) | * ''[[The Triumph of the Egg|The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions From American Life in Tales and Poems]]'' (1921) | ||
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===Nonfiction=== | ===Nonfiction=== | ||
- | * ''A Story Teller's Story'' (1924, memoir) | + | * ''A Story Teller's Story'' (1922, memoir) |
* ''The Modern Writer'' (1925, essays) | * ''The Modern Writer'' (1925, essays) | ||
* ''Sherwood Anderson's Notebook'' (1926, memoir) | * ''Sherwood Anderson's Notebook'' (1926, memoir) | ||
+ | * ''[[Alice and the Lost Novel|Alice and The Lost Novel]]'' (1929) | ||
* ''Hello Towns!'' (1929, collected newspaper articles) | * ''Hello Towns!'' (1929, collected newspaper articles) | ||
* ''Nearer the Grass Roots'' (1929, essays) | * ''Nearer the Grass Roots'' (1929, essays) | ||
* ''The American County Fair'' (1930, essays) | * ''The American County Fair'' (1930, essays) | ||
* ''Perhaps Women'' (1931, essays) | * ''Perhaps Women'' (1931, essays) | ||
+ | * ''No Swank'' (1934, essays) | ||
* ''Puzzled America'' (1935, essays) | * ''Puzzled America'' (1935, essays) | ||
* ''A Writer's Conception of Realism'' (1939, essays) | * ''A Writer's Conception of Realism'' (1939, essays) | ||
* ''Home Town'' (1940, photographs and commentary) | * ''Home Town'' (1940, photographs and commentary) | ||
- | ===Published Posthumously=== | + | ===Published posthumously=== |
* ''Sherwood Anderson's Memoirs'' (1942) | * ''Sherwood Anderson's Memoirs'' (1942) | ||
* ''The Sherwood Anderson Reader'', edited by Paul Rosenfeld (1947) | * ''The Sherwood Anderson Reader'', edited by Paul Rosenfeld (1947) | ||
* ''The Portable Sherwood Anderson'', edited by Horace Gregory (1949) | * ''The Portable Sherwood Anderson'', edited by Horace Gregory (1949) | ||
- | * ''Letters of Sherwood Anderson'', edited by Howard Mumford Jones and Walter B. Rideout (1953) | + | * ''Letters of Sherwood Anderson'', edited by [[Howard Mumford Jones]] and Walter B. Rideout (1953) |
* ''Sherwood Anderson: Short Stories'', edited by Maxwell Geismar (1962) | * ''Sherwood Anderson: Short Stories'', edited by Maxwell Geismar (1962) | ||
* ''Return to Winesburg: Selections from Four Years of Writing for a Country Newspaper'', edited by Ray Lewis White (1967) | * ''Return to Winesburg: Selections from Four Years of Writing for a Country Newspaper'', edited by Ray Lewis White (1967) | ||
- | * ''The Buck Fever Papers'', edited by Welford Dunaway Taylor (1971, collected newspaper articles). | + | * ''The Buck Fever Papers'', edited by Welford Dunaway Taylor (1971, collected newspaper articles) |
* ''Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude Stein: Correspondence and Personal Essays'', edited by Ray Lewis White (1972) | * ''Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude Stein: Correspondence and Personal Essays'', edited by Ray Lewis White (1972) | ||
* ''The "Writer's Book,"'' edited by Martha Mulroy Curry (1975, unpublished works) | * ''The "Writer's Book,"'' edited by Martha Mulroy Curry (1975, unpublished works) | ||
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* ''Southern Odyssey: Selected Writings by Sherwood Anderson'', edited by Welford Dunaway Taylor and Charles E. Modlin (1997) | * ''Southern Odyssey: Selected Writings by Sherwood Anderson'', edited by Welford Dunaway Taylor and Charles E. Modlin (1997) | ||
* ''The Egg and Other Stories'', edited with an introduction by Charles E. Modlin (1998) | * ''The Egg and Other Stories'', edited with an introduction by Charles E. Modlin (1998) | ||
+ | * ''Collected Stories'', edited by [[Charles Baxter (author)|Charles Baxter]] (2012) | ||
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Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. In 1912, Anderson had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his business and family to become a writer.
At the time, he moved to Chicago and was eventually married three additional times. His most enduring work is the short-story sequence Winesburg, Ohio, which launched his career. Throughout the 1920s, Anderson published several short story collections, novels, memoirs, books of essays, and a book of poetry. Though his books sold reasonably well, Dark Laughter (1925), a novel inspired by Anderson's time in New Orleans during the 1920s, was his only bestseller.
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Works
Novels
- Windy McPherson's Son (1916)
- Marching Men (1917)
- Poor White (1920)
- Many Marriages (1923)
- Dark Laughter (1925)
- Tar: A Midwest Childhood (1926, semi-autobiographical novel)
- Beyond Desire (1932)
- Kit Brandon: A Portrait (1936)
Short story collections
- Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
- The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions From American Life in Tales and Poems (1921)
- Horses and Men (1923)
- Death in the Woods and Other Stories (1933)
Poetry
- Mid-American Chants (1918)
- A New Testament (1927)
Drama
- Plays, Winesburg and Others (1937)
Nonfiction
- A Story Teller's Story (1922, memoir)
- The Modern Writer (1925, essays)
- Sherwood Anderson's Notebook (1926, memoir)
- Alice and The Lost Novel (1929)
- Hello Towns! (1929, collected newspaper articles)
- Nearer the Grass Roots (1929, essays)
- The American County Fair (1930, essays)
- Perhaps Women (1931, essays)
- No Swank (1934, essays)
- Puzzled America (1935, essays)
- A Writer's Conception of Realism (1939, essays)
- Home Town (1940, photographs and commentary)
Published posthumously
- Sherwood Anderson's Memoirs (1942)
- The Sherwood Anderson Reader, edited by Paul Rosenfeld (1947)
- The Portable Sherwood Anderson, edited by Horace Gregory (1949)
- Letters of Sherwood Anderson, edited by Howard Mumford Jones and Walter B. Rideout (1953)
- Sherwood Anderson: Short Stories, edited by Maxwell Geismar (1962)
- Return to Winesburg: Selections from Four Years of Writing for a Country Newspaper, edited by Ray Lewis White (1967)
- The Buck Fever Papers, edited by Welford Dunaway Taylor (1971, collected newspaper articles)
- Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude Stein: Correspondence and Personal Essays, edited by Ray Lewis White (1972)
- The "Writer's Book," edited by Martha Mulroy Curry (1975, unpublished works)
- France and Sherwood Anderson: Paris Notebook, 1921, edited by Michael Fanning (1976)
- Sherwood Anderson: The Writer at His Craft, edited by Jack Salzman, David D. Anderson, and Kichinosuke Ohashi (1979)
- A Teller's Tales, selected and introduced by Frank Gado (1983)
- Sherwood Anderson: Selected Letters: 1916–1933, edited by Charles E. Modlin (1984)
- Letters to Bab: Sherwood Anderson to Marietta D. Finely, 1916–1933, edited by William A. Sutton (1985)
- The Sherwood Anderson Diaries, 1936–1941, edited by Hilbert H. Campbell (1987)
- Sherwood Anderson: Early Writings, edited by Ray Lewis White (1989)
- Sherwood Anderson's Love Letters to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson, edited by Charles E. Modlin (1989)
- Sherwood Anderson's Secret Love Letters, edited by Ray Lewis White (1991)
- Certain Things Last: The Selected Stories of Sherwood Anderson, edited by Charles E. Modlin (1992)
- Southern Odyssey: Selected Writings by Sherwood Anderson, edited by Welford Dunaway Taylor and Charles E. Modlin (1997)
- The Egg and Other Stories, edited with an introduction by Charles E. Modlin (1998)
- Collected Stories, edited by Charles Baxter (2012)