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Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930. [1]
Babbitt, novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1922. The novel’s scathing indictment of middle-class American values made “Babbittry” a synonym for adherence to a conformist, materialistic, anti-intellectual way of life.
Babbitt is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930.
Dec 31, 2021 · George F. Babbitt — 46 years old, a conventional (conservative) husband, father, householder, golf player, Buick owner, clubman, churchgoer — is living the American dream.
Babbitt is a staunch conformist who is deeply dissatisfied with his life but is unwilling, in the end, to challenge the status quo. The novel is a critique of American middle-class values and the conformity and materialism that Lewis believed defined post–World War I culture in the United States.
The masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Sinclair LewisA Penguin Classic George F. Babbitt, a conniving, prosperous real estate man from Zenith, Ohio, revels in his popularity, his success,...
Discusses Babbitt from its inception to its reviews, and includes an analysis of the novel, concluding that Babbitt was published with timing perfectly suited to match the national mood. Dive...
Feb 11, 2002 · Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Babbitt. Sinclair Lewis. Bantam Books, 1998 - Fiction - 410 pages. When Babbitt was first published in 1922, fans gleefully hailed its scathing portrait of a crass, materialistic nation;...
Aug 19, 2010 · Amusing and tragic by turn, Sinclair Lewis's classic novel is a biting satire of middle-American values whose title has entered the language as a byword for smug...
