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Dark Laughter (1925) is a novel by Sherwood Anderson. Inspired by his own decision to abandon his family and career in order to establish himself as a professional writer, Anderson explores the guilts, routines, desires, and disappointments driving the lives of many... Read Full Overview

Dark Laughter, Sherwood Anderson's best selling novel, is influenced by Joyce's Ulysses. It deals with the new sexual freedom of the 1920s and provides a unique fictional window into that era.

Dark Laughter (1925) is a novel by Sherwood Anderson. Inspired by his own decision to abandon his family and career in order to establish himself as a professional writer, Anderson explores the guilts, routines, desires, and disappointments driving the lives of many... Read Full Overview

(Dark Laughter is a 1925 novel by the American author Sherwood Anderson. It dealt with the new sexual freedom of the 1920s, a theme also explored in his 1923 novel Many Marriages and later works. The influence of James Joyce's Ulysses, which Anderson had read before writing... Read Full Overview

Dark Laughter is a little modern Odyssey. The plains of the Midwest, the great rivers, form the backdrop for the adventures of the protagonist, John Stockton, a man on the run from social conventions and in search of a new self. In a world suspended between the real and the possible,... Read Full Overview

"Dark Laughter" is a profound work of American modernism that delves into the psychological restlessness and disillusionment of the post-World War I era. The novel follows Bruce Dudley, who abandons his conventional life and career as a journalist in Chicago to seek... Read Full Overview

"Dark Laughter" is a profound work of American modernism that delves into the psychological restlessness and disillusionment of the post-World War I era. The novel follows Bruce Dudley, who abandons his conventional life and career as a journalist in Chicago to seek... Read Full Overview

(Dark Laughter is a 1925 novel by the American author Sherwood Anderson. It dealt with the new sexual freedom of the 1920s, a theme also explored in his 1923 novel Many Marriages and later works. The influence of James Joyce's Ulysses, which Anderson had read before writing... Read Full Overview