Winesburg, Ohio

…His works are diverse and numerous, including novels such as “Winesburg, Ohio” (1919), “Poor White Man” (1920), and “Black Laughter” (1925), short story collections such as “The Triumph of the Egg” (1921), autobiographical works such as “The Storyteller’s Story” (1924), and poetry collections such as “Songs of Midwestern America.” The main theme of his literature was his intuitive criticism of the inhumanity of industrialism. Among them, “Winesburg, Ohio” is set against the backdrop of an idyllic countryside, and captures the various images of people distorted by tradition and loneliness from the perspective of a sensitive young man. It is a groundbreaking work that focuses a sharp eye on the chaotic disorder of the human spirit caused by the rapid change in society. He also broke new ground in the field of short stories, vividly depicting a cross-section of life in a simple narrative style that seems to speak directly to the reader. …

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…作品は，《オハイオ州ワインズバーグ》(1919)，《貧乏白人》(1920)，《黒い笑い》(1925)などの小説，《卵の勝利》(1921)などの短編集，《物語作者の物語》(1924)などの自伝的作品，《中西部アメリカの歌》などの詩集と，多種多様にわたってその数も多いが，彼の文学の大きな主題は，産業主義の非人間性に対する直観的な批判であった。なかでも《オハイオ州ワインズバーグWinesburg,Ohio》は，牧歌的な田園を背景に，因襲と孤独にさいなまれて歪曲していく人々のさまざまな姿を，多感な一青年の視点からとらえたもので，あまりにも急速な社会の変動によって生じた人間精神の混沌たる無秩序に，するどい目をそそいだ画期的な作品である。また，読者に直接語りかけるような単純な語り口で人生の断面をあざやかに描いてみせた短編の分野でも，新機軸をひらいた。…

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