Winesburg, Ohio (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherwood Anderson
- First Published: 1919
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, Midwest, Ohio, Obsession, Ministry or ministers, Small-town life, Gossip, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Reporting or reporters
- Locales: Winesburg, OH
Places Discussed
Winesburg. Ohio village of some one thousand inhabitants. All two dozen stories in Winesburg, Ohio are set in Winesburg, a small town probably based on Clyde, Ohio, where Anderson lived as a young boy. One of the qualities that makes Winesburg a novel rather than a simple collection of stories is that the village setting is constant, and the same characters (especially the central character, George Willard) wander through it in different stories. In most editions of the novel, a map of the town’s layout faces the title page and shows its two main...
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