Mencken wrote of him, ' there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds.'. Main Street has been hailed as one of the essential literary satires of the American. Before the publication of Main Street, many Americans still viewed the small town idealistically, the last bastion of good people and traditional American morals and values in the midst of a changing and somewhat frightening modern world. Sinclair Lewis cutting portrait of the small-minded inhabitants of. In 1930 Lewis would be the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for literature. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, was a colossus of American letters in the first half of the last century. Lewiss brand of social satire shocked American readers in 1920. First published in 1920, Main Street is Sinclair Lewis first major novel, and was a phenomenal success at the time. Mencken wrote of him, ' there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds.' Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930 'for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters.' His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930 'for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters.' His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951: Title: Main Street Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Satire Subject: City and town life - Fiction Subject: Domestic fiction Subject: Married women - Fiction Subject: Minnesota - Fiction Subject: Physicians' spouses - Fiction Subject: Women.

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