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   • Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of the United States in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it.

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   Is Elmer Gantry a satire?

   • Sinclair Lewis ’s Elmer Gantry ( New York, 1927) is a ferocious satire against Protestant fundamentalist religion in the American Midwest. It tells the story of a hypocritical, corrupt, but very successful preacher named Elmer Gantry.

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   Is Elmer Gantry a good book?

   • Just before the 4th of July, I finished Elmer Gantry. It turned out to be one of the greatest novels I have ever read. Elmer Gantry, published in 1927, was so much more complex, so much more biting and chilling in its description of the worst parts of the American psyche, so much more timeless, than I ever imagined it would be.

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   Is Elmer Gantry a timeless book?

   • By extension, Elmer Gantry’s theme applies to any institution at any point in time be it government, business, or religion. With this in mind, Sinclair’s book is indeed timeless, practically spanning 50,000 years. Is it any wonder that humans have just recently learned how to fly? This was amazing.

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   Sinclair Lewis. 4.01. 5,918 ratings599 reviews. Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized readers when it was first published, causing Sinclair Lewis to be "invited" to a jail cell in New Hampshire and to his own lynching in Virginia.

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   Sinclair Lewis ’s Elmer Gantry ( New York, 1927) is a ferocious satire against Protestant fundamentalist religion in the American Midwest. It tells the story of a hypocritical, corrupt, but very successful preacher named Elmer Gantry.

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   May 13, 2023 · One of the most savage satirical assaults against institutionalized religion and its hypocrisy in American literature, Elmer Gantry continues to be a window into a particularly important...

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   Elmer Gantry, novel by Sinclair Lewis, a satiric indictment of fundamentalist religion that caused an uproar upon its publication in 1927. The title character of Elmer Gantry starts out as a greedy, shallow, philandering Baptist minister, turns to evangelism, and eventually becomes the leader of a.