Scope:  Sinclair Lewis was the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. His first great success came from the novel Main Street. His works satirized American lifestyles in small town America.

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Books of Sinclair Lewiss works are listed in the Baddour Library's  on-line catalog under Lewis, Sinclair, and under individual titles, i.e. Babbitt.

Books written by and about Sinclair Lewis have the call number(s) PS 3523.E94

Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

Lingeman, Richard R. Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street. New York: Random House, 2002.

Love, Glen A. Babbitt: An American Life. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1993.

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference Collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied:

REF Z 1231 F4 G4 The American Novel 1789-1959

REF PR 821.C7 1991 Critical Survey of Long Fiction Vol. 5

REF PS 21.D5 Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol.9 American novelists, 1910-1945

REF PN 771.M3 1991 Major 20th Century Writers

REF PS 94.M34 1993 Masterpieces of American Literature

Z 1231.F4K45 1991 The Modern American Novel

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

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• American Literature
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WEB SITES

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Updated 02/08/2007