The Novels of Theodore Dreiser: A Critical Study - Softcover

Pizer, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081665851X ISBN 13: 9780816658510

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1976

Synopsis

The Novels of Theodore Dreiser was first published in 1976. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

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.

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From the Back Cover

Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers. Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The books offered through Minnesota Archive Editions are produced in limited quantities according to customer demand and are available through select distribution partners.

About the Author

Donald Pizer is Pierce Butler Professor of English Emeritus at Tulane University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 081665851X
• ISBN 13: 9780816658510
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400