The Triumph of the Egg, Sherwood Anderson’s 1921 collection of poems and short stories, focuses on the alienating and disruptive moments of American small-town life. Similar in tone to its more famous sibling—Winesburg, Ohio—Triumph focuses on the driving issues of the early 20th c. Midwest: modernization, increasing industrialization, the growth of big business, and the Great Migration. While we hope you will enjoy the whole collection, in this program Mark will be focusing on "I Want to Know Why", "The Other Woman", "The Egg" and "The Man in the Brown Coat"

Mark J. Schenker has been at Yale College since 1990.  He is currently a senior associate dean of the College and dean of academic affairs. A former lecturer in the English Department, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English literature. Dean Schenker has for over 25 years lectured on literature and film and has led book discussion series in more than 100 venues in Connecticut, including public libraries, museums, and cultural centers.  For the past decade, he has given programs on Shakespeare’s plays in conjunction with Shakespeare on the Sound.  He also conducts monthly sessions for a number of private reading groups in Connecticut. In 2001, he received the Wilbur Cross Award for Outstanding Humanities Scholar, presented by the Connecticut Humanities Council.

PROGRAM CONTACT:

Margaret Walsh
mwalsh@greenwichlibrary.org
203-622-7915