Elmer Gantry
of Sinclair Lewis
Description
Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized readers when it was first published, causing Sinclair Lewis to be "invited" to a jail cell in New Hampshire and to his own lynching in Virginia. His portrait of a golden-tongued evangelist who rises to power within his church--a saver of souls who lives a life of duplicity, sensuality, and ruthless self-indulgence--is also the record of a period, a reign of grotesque vulgarity, which but for Lewis would have left no trace of itself. Elmer Gantry has been called the greatest, most vital, and most penetrating study of hypocrisy that has been written since the works of Voltaire.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352 pages
- Publisher Phébus
- Publication Date October 1st 1998
- First Publication 10/28/27
- Language French
- ISBN 9782859405465
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Missouri (United States)']
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