Stein, gender, isolation, and industrialism: new readings of Winesburg, Ohio

Any biographical details of Sherwood Anderson's life will prove tricky. Sounding a bit too much like Huck Finn, he always took great joy in re-creating himself and everyone around him, then bragging about the distortion. Anyone who reads his letters, diaries, and supposed autobiographies will find constant contradictions, all further contradicted by what his acquaintances say about him.