Sinclair Lewis: Elmer Gantry | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9788028524371 | Elmer Gantry | Sinclair Lewis | Taschenbuch | Englisch | Copycat

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Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry is a biting satirical novel that anatomizes American evangelical culture, moral hypocrisy, and the uneasy alliance between religion and ambition in the early twentieth century. The novel follows the charismatic, unscrupulous Elmer as he rises through the Protestant ministry despite vanity, sensuality, and spiritual emptiness. Lewis writes in a vigorous realist mode sharpened by irony, social observation, and comic exaggeration, placing the book within the great tradition of American social satire. More than a scandalous portrait of a false preacher, it is a serious study of mass persuasion, public virtue, and private corruption. Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, devoted much of his career to exposing the complacencies of middle-class American life. His interest in institutional cant, provincialism, and self-deception is evident across works such as Main Street and Babbitt, and Elmer Gantry extends that critique into the realm of organized religion. Drawing on close observation of American speech, manners, and revivalist culture, Lewis crafted a novel both historically specific and enduringly relevant. This is an essential book for readers interested in American literature, religious culture, or the anatomy of charisma. Elmer Gantry remains compelling not only for its wit and narrative energy, but for its unsettling insight into how sanctimony can mask appetite and power.

Zusammenfassung

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Genre:	Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9788028524371
ISBN-10:	8028524370
Sprache:	Englisch
Autor:	Lewis, Sinclair
Hersteller:	Copycat
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Maße:	14 x 152 x 229 mm
Von/Mit:	Sinclair Lewis
Gewicht:	0,357 kg