The Works Of Sinclair Lewis
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Lewis, (Harry) Sinclair (1885-1951), American novelist, whose naturalistic
style and choice of subject matter was much imitated by later writers. He
replaced the traditionally romantic and complacent conception of American
life with one that was realistic and even bitter. Lewis was born in Sauk
Cen ....
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.... sometimes found in the medical profession;
Elmer Gantry (1927) portrays a type of hypocritical and mercenary religious
leader. In another of these crusading novels, Dodsworth (1929), Lewis
depicts the egotistic, pretentious married woman sometimes found in
American upper-middle-class circles.
Among his later works are It Can't Happen Here (1935), the chilling story
of a future revolution leading to Fascist control of the U.S., and
Kingsblood Royal (1947), a novel on racial intolerance. Le ....
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