Synopsis
Stein, Gender, Isolation, and Industrialism: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio re-visits the best known work of the influential American writer, Sherwood Anderson. Dr. Simolke examines Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, as it relates to Gertrude Stein, gender roles, gay subtext, failed communication, and the machine in the garden.
From the Author
A look at Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude SteinIn this book, I consider Gertrude Stein, gender roles, gay subtext, the machine in the garden, feelings of isolation, and attempts at communication, as they all relate to Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece. I also consider Anderson's overlooked novel Poor White. Winesburg, Ohio and Stein's writings had a strong influence on my book The Acorn Stories, though I didn't discover them until well after I started writing that book. Please visit Amazon.com's (America) listing of The Acorn Stories for details of those influences; just click on the interview link after you get there.
