-Best known for his classic collection of tales, Winesburg, Ohio

-saw himself as a part of the literary tradition of Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, and Theodore Dresier men who had appreciated the common american.

-personally helped Heminingway and Faulkner publish their first books.

-His central theme is the grotesqute.

-"The book of the Grotesque" introduces his most famous collection of stories Winesburg Ohio

-Characteristics found in the grotesque character are:

1. Obesession

2. Isolation

3. Defeat

-In his fiction, Anderson gives more emphasis to character and theme than to plot

-considered America's first Modernist poet-- often called the poet's poet

-Had a profound influence on the 20th century writing in English

-Believed poetry is the highest of arts

-Declared mentally insane and committed to St. Elizabeth's hospital in Washington D.C. where he spent 12 years

-his significant contribution to poetry:

-Founded (along with others) the literary "Imagism"... a short lived movement whose verse was characterized by concrete language and figures of speech, modern subject matter, clarity, percision, and economy of words. This movement was derived from classical Chinese and Japenese Poetry.

-direct treatment of the "thing" (the natural object is always the adequate symbol)

-to use absoultely no word that does not contribute to the presentation

-Control, precision, and conciseness are hallmarks of Imagism