Abcarian, Richard. "Innocence and Experience in Winesburg, Ohio." University Review, Vol. 35, Winter, 1968, pp. 95-105.
Considers the wastefulness of human life to be the central focus of Anderson's novel.
Asselineau, Roger. "Beyond Realism: Sherwood Anderson's Transcendalist Aesthetics," The Transcendentalist Constant in American Literature, New York University Press, 1980, pp. 124-36.
Argues that each story in the novel is lyrical poetry.
Baker, Carlos. "Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg: A Reprise," The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 48, Autumn, 1972, pp. 568-79.
States that the themes of quest and suppression, not sexuality, unite the stories.
Boyd, Ernest. Introduction to Winesburg, Ohio, Modern Library, 1919.
Theorizes that the novel is a depiction of rebellion against American society.
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