This article is about the novel by Glenway Wescott. For Doris Lessing's short story, see The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels.
The Grandmothers is a 1927 novel by Glenway Wescott which received the Harper Novel Prize. Based upon Wescott's own life and family, it is told through the eyes of young Alwyn Tower who leaves the farm to live in Europe, but who remains haunted by his long-dead family members – grandparents, great-uncles and aunts, whose lives were shattered by the Civil War. Each chapter is devoted to a different family member. Written in a lyrical, poetic style, it is Wescott's most enduring work.
Editions
- The Grandmothers, a Family Portrait, Harper & Brothers (1927)
- ...with an introduction by Fred B. Millett, Harper & Brothers (1950)
- ...with an introduction by John W. Aldridge, Arbor House (1986) ISBN 0-8779-5799-1
- ...with an introduction by Sargent Bush, Jr., University of Wisconsin Press (1996) ISBN 0-299-15024-0
References
- "Good-bye, Wisconsin, by Glenway Wescott". The Post-Crescent. December 8, 1928. p. 11. Retrieved November 7, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- Carter, John (1927-08-28). "Glenway Wescott's Saga Of a Pioneer Family; " Thee Grandmothers" Is a Broader and Less Cynical "Spoon River"". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- Langdon, Mabel (1930). "Midwestern Writers: Glenway Wescott". Prairie Schooner. 4 (2): 117–123. ISSN 0032-6682. JSTOR 40622134.
External links
- Full text of The Grandmothers (first edition) at the Internet Archive
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