Sinclair Lewis: Social Satirist

Author

Milldred L. Bryant-Parsons, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

English

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the novels written by Sinclair Lewis in an effort to determine whether the facts in them presented are accurate or not and if his satire is justified by existing conditions. Some critics have bitterly attacked Lewis because he satirized society. Since Lewis, who wrote concerning many social problems in the period between 1910-1950, was a popular writer, a study of his novels is pertinent. Surely, no one else serves so well as he to illustrate the relationship between literature and a practical world which he portrays and holds up to judgment.

Keywords

American literature, Literary criticism, Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951), Authors, Biography, Satire

Advisor

Dr. Ralph V. Coder

Date of Award

Spring 1951

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/GEHV1492

Recommended Citation

Bryant-Parsons, Milldred L., "Sinclair Lewis: Social Satirist" (1951). Master's Theses. 468.
DOI: 10.58809/GEHV1492
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/468

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