A Trip to Winesburg, Ohio: A New Literary Series (Part 5: The Philosopher)
The next citizen of Winesburg, Ohio is a man named Doctor Parcival. Unlike the other characters we’ve encountered, Doctor Parcival is not a pitiable character l...
Month: January 2025
A Trip to Winesburg, Ohio: A New Literary Series (Part 4: “Mother”)
One of the saddest characters in Winesburg, Ohio is Elizabeth Willard, the mother of George Willard. We first met George in the story of “Hands”—he was the town...
A Trip to Winesburg, Ohio: A New Literary Series (Part 3: “Paper Pills”)
Perhaps my favorite story in Winesburg, Ohio is “Paper Pills,” the story about one Dr. Reefy and the beautiful young woman he married who, died shortly with a y...
A Trip to Winesburg, Ohio: A New Literary Series (Part 2: “Hands”)
The first full story in Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio is a story titled, “Hands.” It is one of my favorites. It is the story of an odd “fat little old man...
A Trip to Winesburg, Ohio: A New Literary Series (Part 1: The Book of the Grotesque)
A new year is upon us, so I wanted to start off this new year on my blog with a literary series about a book that I long have loved: Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood...