Edward Gale Agran - Sinclair Lewis: The 1920s and the Shaping of American Identity
Schedule
Sun, 25 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
15 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, United States, Iowa 52240 | Iowa City, IA
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Edward Gale Agran will read from his new book, Sinclair Lewis: The 1920s and the Shaping of American Identity. Lewis (1885-1951) was renowned during the 1920s, and Agran's book argues the "importance of [his] words, ideas, and values in sculpting twentieth-century identity." Robert D. Johnston, professor of History and director of the Teaching of History Program at the University of Illinois Chicago (and author of The Radical Middle Class) says "Edward Agran has once again written a book showcasing what he does so well: revealing how much we gain from substantially rethinking a major figure in our cultural and political history;" meanwhile, William Vance Trollinger, Jr., professor of History at the University of Dayton (and author of God's Will) says: "In this winsomely written book, Edward Agran repeatedly and brilliantly rescues Sinclair Lewis from the clutches of scholars who have (sadly) missed Lewis's import as a 'photographer' and interpreter of 1920s America. This book matters, and it is a great pleasure to read."Edward Gale Agran is Professor Emeritus of History at Wilmington College and Lecturer in the University of Iowa Senior College Program. He received his Ph.D. in American History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of “Too Good a Town”: William Allen White, Community, and the Emerging Rhetoric of Middle America and Herbert Hoover and the Commodification of Middle-Class America: An American Promise. He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.
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