TY - BOOK N2 - Babbitt turns the spotlight on middle America and strips bare the hypocrisy of business practice, social mores, politics, and religious institutions. In his introduction and notes Gordon Hutner explores the novel's historical and literary contexts, and highlights its rich cultural and social references. --from publisher description AB - Babbitt turns the spotlight on middle America and strips bare the hypocrisy of business practice, social mores, politics, and religious institutions. In his introduction and notes Gordon Hutner explores the novel's historical and literary contexts, and highlights its rich cultural and social references. --from publisher description T1 - Babbitt / DA - 2010. CY - Oxford ; CY - New York : AU - Lewis, Sinclair, AU - Hutner, Gordon. CN - PS3523.E94 CN - PS3523.E94 PB - Oxford University Press, PP - Oxford ; PP - New York : PY - 2010. ID - 343355 KW - Middle-aged men KW - Businessmen KW - Conformity KW - City and town life SN - 9780199567690 (pbk.) SN - 0199567697 (pbk.) TI - Babbitt / ER -