Psychoanalytical Approach to Winesburg, OhioThe Developing Characterof George Willard

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Winesburg, Ohio was the first book to bring recognition so Sherwood Anderson. Reviewing Winesburg, Ohio in the New Statesman, Rebecca West wrote: "It is an extraordinarily good book But it is not fiction. It is poetry. It is unreasonable; it delights in places where those who are not poets could never find delight; it will not follow logic and find connections and trace 'plot', but stands in front of things that are of no importance and hymns them with obstinate ecstasy "Anderson said that he wanted Winesburg, Ohio to give the "feeling of the life of a boy growing to manhood in a small town. " Winesburg, Ohio involves the developing character of George Willard. Three factors are adduced that have caused the developng character of George Willard. Firsr, George becomes firmly committed to his peace of mind rather than money - making. The second way in which George develops is maturity in having something to do with women; that is caused by the pursuit of his mother's Imago because of his libidinal fixation to the phase of the Oedipus complex. Winesburg, Ohio is an initiation story, that is to say, Bildungsroman.