Posts Tagged ‘ Main Street ’
How on earth have I never read any of Edith Wharton’s works before? In school I had to read A Midsummer Night’s Dream twice, Beowulf three times, endless epic poems, multiple Steinbecks, stories of war, bravery, and witchcraft (told from a male’s perspective). The only assigned female authors I can really remember reading were Harper [ READ MORE ]
I’ve never considered myself to be a huge fan of American literature but am doing my best to get back into it to see what all the fuss is about. Sinclair Lewis’ Main Street (and to some extent Melville’s Moby Dick) might just be the work that succeeds where Faulkner, Steinbeck, and Hemmingway failed. A [ READ MORE ]
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