Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in and published by Harcourt in March Reviews Review this book and you'll be entered for a chance to win $50! · Overview. Sinclair Lewis’ world-famous satire of religious hypocrisy and the excesses of the Roaring ʼ20s. 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 bltadwin.ru: Penguin Publishing Group. Elmer Gantry Quotes Showing of “The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.”. ― Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry. tags: god, humor, religion.
Title: Elmer Gantry () Author: Sinclair Lewis * A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook * eBook No.: bltadwin.ru Edition: 1 Language: English Character set encoding: HTML--Latin-1(ISO) bit Date first posted: May Date most recently updated: May This eBook was produced by: Don Lainson dlainson@bltadwin.ru Project. Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the s public toward it. 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.
Novel by Sinclair Lewis, a satiric indictment of fundamentalist religion that caused an uproar upon its publication in The title character of Elmer Gantry starts out as a greedy, shallow, philandering Baptist minister, turns to evangelism, and eventually becomes the leader of a large Methodist congregation. 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. Published in , Elmer Gantry is a classic fiction novel by Sinclair Lewis. Set in the s, the novel is a satire of American religious attitudes at the time. The story follows the titular character, a charismatic preacher with a secret love of vice, as he experiences several ups and downs and eventually becomes the minister of a large Methodist church.
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