Winesburg, Ohio Group at eNotes

Sherwood Anderson's paper pill What patter or structure is there to the...

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:09:25 PST

Sherwood Anderson's paper pill What patter or structure is there to the development of the plot?

In his writings, Anderson refers to the stories in "Winesburg,...

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:53:19 PST

In his writings, Anderson refers to the stories in "Winesburg, Ohio" as "simple little tales of happenings, things observed and felt" (1). He says that in writing the book, "he searched himself by throwing himself into the imagined life of another" (2), and that the characters he depicted were "figures on the doorstep of his mind...waiting to be clothed" (2). The people and topics Anderson wrote...

Autobiography and Fiction in "Winesburg, Ohio"

Sat, 24 May 2008 10:29:56 PST

In Winesburg, Ohio some events are similar to events in the biography of Anderson. Has Anderson done this on purpose?Why?

Enoch Robinson, of course, is a fictional character, but in the context...

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:14:01 PST

Enoch Robinson, of course, is a fictional character, but in the context of the story, most of the events in his life, including his time with the artists in New York and his marriage, are meant to be events that really happened. There was a period though, after his marriage failed and his mother died, when he took himself "out of the world of men altogether" and stayed in his room "among the people of his fancy...invented by...

In the story "Loneliness" in Winesburg, Ohio, Enoch Robinson...

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:03:56 PST

In the story "Loneliness" in Winesburg, Ohio, Enoch Robinson lives many events. Are all these event imaginary?