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Sinclair Lewis
Website Evaluators
Jonathan Fairman - Cleveland School of the Arts, Ohio
Ken Holmes – Belleville area College, Illinois
Barbara Hoskins – Mountain View High School, Washington
Claudia Matherly Stolz - Indiana University East, Indiana
Website Reviewer and Compiler
Charles R. Sanders - San Pedro High School, California
Site Ratings
1 = Poor 2 = Fair 3 = Good 4 = Excellent
The Sinclair Lewis Homepage
http://www.ilstu.edu/~separry/lewis.html
This well-organized source of information on Sinclair Lewis has much to recommend it. The home page invites readers to browse through twelve categories,
including a biography, a time line, a list of works by Lewis, an extensive bibliography and a list of films made from his works. The biography is "brief, but excellent" and provides access to Lewis's Nobel Prize
acceptance speech and the autobiography he wrote for the Nobel Foundation. The time line features a photo and biography of his first wife, his refusal letter for the Pulitzer Prize, and classification information
on some of his novels. Other links lead to summaries and excerpts from Lewis's more popular books. "A wonderful resource."
Overall Rating: 4
Authors 6
http://online-library.org/research/author6.shtml#L
Ranging from "basic information for the casual researcher to in-depth academic information
and commentary for the more serious literary student," this Sinclair Lewis site has a great deal to offer. Visitors will find a good biography, a time line of Lewis's life, a selected bibliography, excerpts,
summaries and commentaries on the major novels, and the texts of three documents from Lewis's Nobel Prize ceremony. The text is easy to read and is liberally illustrated with photos and graphics. "This site,
with its links, is excellent."
Overall Rating: 4
Sinclair Lewis
http://www.robinsonresearch.com/LITERATE/AUTHORS/Lewis.htm
Although this Sinclair Lewis site is "not extensive," it does offer a good biography, a bibliography, and a few useful links. One especially
pertinent link has excerpts of letters from and to Lewis, and another link leads to the Port Washington Library with additional Lewis material. This is a "good site for a student doing initial or more surface
research" on Sinclair Lewis.
Overall Rating: 3
Encyclopedia.com - Sinclair Lewis
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/07420.html
First, be aware that this Sinclair Lewis site is accessible only through paid subscription, but it does offer a thirty-day free trial period. For schools that
are members of the Electric Library, this site could prove to be a valuable resource, not only for research on Sinclair Lewis, but for many other writers as well. Users will find a photo archive, reviews of and
essays about Lewis's works, and reviews of books about Lewis. The site may provide material and insights that are not available elsewhere.
Overall Rating: 3
(Harry) Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/slewis.htm
Here is a "very informative and quite detailed" biography of Sinclair Lewis. Also included are a
bibliography of books and critical essays about Lewis, a selected list of Lewis's published works and some movies made from his novels, and links to other depictions of small town life ala Main Street. " A
valuable resource for students and teachers doing initial research on Lewis."
Overall Rating: 3
The Novel Prize in Literature 1930
http://www.nobel.se/laureates/literature-1930.html
For any study of Sinclair Lewis, this site is a must. Although it is limited to three writings connected to Lewis's Nobel Prize in literature in 1930,
these three documents contain valuable and inspirational information. The Nobel Prize presentation speech by the secretary of the Swedish Academy is a wonderful tribute to Lewis and includes numerous comments on
many of the novels and fascinating bits of biography. Lewis's Nobel Lecture, "The American Fear of Literature," should be required reading for all students of literature. The third selection on the site is
the autobiography Lewis wrote for the Nobel Foundation, and is equally as vital to any study of Sinclair Lewis.
Overall Rating: 3
Babbitt
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new?id=LewBabb&tag=public&images/modeng&data =/texts/english/modeng/parsed&part=0
The main feature of this site is access to the e-text of Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt. "Individual chapters and sections of chapters can be downloaded quickly." One link leads to a similar page for the
complete e-text of Lewis's Main Street. Teachers may want to bookmark the home page of this site as an access to the University of Virginia's vast library of electronic texts, from the 16th
century to modern times.
Overall Rating: 2
Compton's Encyclopedia - Lewis, Sinclair
http://www.optonline.com/comptons/ceo/02779_A.html
This site is the Compton's Electronic Encyclopedia entry on Sinclair Lewis. It contains a brief biography and a brief description of Main Street.
Links lead to other encyclopedic entries connected to Lewis, such as his birthplace in Minnesota, and his contributions to American literature. One interesting link discusses the novel of place, listing
several titles and authors of this type, including Lewis's Main Street.
Overall Rating: 2 |
