"Arrowsmith" and "Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1925, 1927). First editions
"Arrowsmith" contains considerable social commentary on the state and prospects of medicine in the United States in the 1920s. Martin Arrowsmith is a progressive, even something of a rebel, and often challenges the existing state of things when he finds it wanting. The book won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize (which Lewis declined). Lewis was greatly assisted in its preparation by science writer Paul de Kruif, who received 25% of the royalties on sales, although Lewis was listed as the sole author. Arrowsmith is an early major novel dealing with the culture of science.
"Elmer Gantry" is a satirical novel that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920's public toward it. The novel's protagonist, (the Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry), is initially attracted by booze and easy money (though he eventually renounces tobacco and alcohol) and chasing women. After various forays into evangelism, he becomes a successful Methodist minister despite his hypocrisy and serial sexual indiscretions.
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"Arrowsmith" and "Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1925, 1927). First editions
"Arrowsmith" contains considerable social commentary on the state and prospects of medicine in the United States in the 1920s. Martin Arrowsmith is a progressive, even something of a rebel, and often challenges the existing state of things when he finds it wanting. The book won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize (which Lewis declined). Lewis was greatly assisted in its preparation by science writer Paul de Kruif, who received 25% of the royalties on sales, although Lewis was listed as the sole author. Arrowsmith is an early major novel dealing with the culture of science.
"Elmer Gantry" is a satirical novel that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920's public toward it. The novel's protagonist, (the Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry), is initially attracted by booze and easy money (though he eventually renounces tobacco and alcohol) and chasing women. After various forays into evangelism, he becomes a successful Methodist minister despite his hypocrisy and serial sexual indiscretions.
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