Novels of Theodore Dreiser : A Critical Study.
Title:
Novels of Theodore Dreiser : A Critical Study.
Author:
Pizer, Donald.
ISBN:
9780816664061
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (395 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: A Summer at Maumee -- PART ONE -- Sister Carrie -- Jennie Gerhardt -- PART TWO -- The "Genius" -- The Cowperwood Trilogy -- The Financier -- The Titan -- PART THREE -- An American Tragedy -- PART FOUR -- The Years Between -- The Bulwark -- The Stoic -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
Relying heavily on the manuscripts and letters in the Dreiser Collection of the University of Pennsylvania Library, Professor Pizer seeks to establish the facts of the sources and composition of each of Dreiser's eight novels and to study the themes and form of the completed works. In this study he relates what can be discovered about the factual reality of a novel to its imaginative reality. His interpretation of the novels avoids the suggestion that there is a single overriding theme or direction in Dreiser's work and emphasizes that Dreiser deserves examination primarily on the basis of the individuality and worth of each of his novels. A separate chapter is devoted to each of the novels: Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, The "Genius," The Financier, The Titan, An American Tragedy, The Bulwark, and The Stoic.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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