France and Sherwood Anderson: Paris Notebook, 1921.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1976. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. This slim volume (102 pages) represents the first publication of Sherwood Anderson's notebook in which he documented his first trip to Paris in 1921. During this trip, Anderson met Sylvia Beach, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and Andre Gide and his experiences in France had a profound effect on his thinking and would shape the fictional themes that would appear in his later works. The editor, Michael Fanning, has included excerpts from Anderson's letters and the writings of French critics as well as his own introductory and critical chapters. Item #26293
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