Elmer Gantry 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 h

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, anUniversally 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 for Lewis would have left no trace of itself Elmer Gantry has been called the greatest, most vital, and most penetrating study of hypocrisy that has been written since the works of Voltaire.
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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 H.L Mencken wrote of him, If there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade is this red haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds.