The Grandmothers is a 1927 novel by Glenway Wescott which received the Harper Novel Prize.[1][2] Based upon Wescott's own life and family,[3] it is told through the eyes of young Alwyn Tower who leaves the farm to live in Europe, but who remains haunted by his long-dead family members – grandparents, great-uncles and aunts, whose lives were shattered by the Civil War. Each chapter is devoted to a different family member. Written in a lyrical, poetic style, it is Wescott's most enduring work.
Editions
edit- The Grandmothers, a Family Portrait, Harper & Brothers (1927)
- ...with an introduction by Fred B. Millett, Harper & Brothers (1950)
- ...with an introduction by John W. Aldridge, Arbor House (1986) ISBN 0-8779-5799-1
- ...with an introduction by Sargent Bush, Jr., University of Wisconsin Press (1996) ISBN 0-299-15024-0
References
edit- ^ "Good-bye, Wisconsin, by Glenway Wescott". The Post-Crescent. December 8, 1928. p. 11. Retrieved November 7, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Carter, John (1927-08-28). "Glenway Wescott's Saga Of a Pioneer Family; " Thee Grandmothers" Is a Broader and Less Cynical "Spoon River"". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ Langdon, Mabel (1930). "Midwestern Writers: Glenway Wescott". Prairie Schooner. 4 (2): 117–123. ISSN 0032-6682. JSTOR 40622134.
External links
edit- Full text of The Grandmothers (first edition) at the Internet Archive
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