Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
6939
AUTHOR:
Sinclair Lewis
QUOTATION:
There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers … most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull.
ATTRIBUTION:
“The American Fear of Literature,” address as the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, recalled on his death 10 Jan 51
SUBJECTS:
Communications & the Arts: Literature: Writers & Editors
