The editing of American literature, 1890-1930 : essays and reviews / Donald Pizer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pizer, Donald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Criticism, Textual.

American literature.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Editing of American Literature, 1890-1930 collects Donald Pizer's essays and reviews that examine the issues associated with providing authoritative scholarly editions of major turn-of-the-century American authors. Divided into four sections-general essays on editing; essays and reviews on the editing of Theodore Dreiser; essays and reviews on the editing of Stephen Crane; and essays on the interplay of textual theory and critical interpretation in works by Crane and John Dos Passos-the volume expresses a distinctive position in t

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Editorial Note and Acknowledgments; I: General Essays; 1 On the Editing of Modern American Texts; 2 Self-Censorship and Textual Editing; II: Theodore Dreiser; 3 Dreiser's Novels; 4 Sister Carrie; 5 Jennie Gerhardt; 6 The Text of Sister Carrie; III: Stephen Crane; 7 The Works of Stephen Crane; 8 "The Red Badge of Courage Nobody Knows"; IV: The Text and Practical Criticism; 9 The Red Badge of Courage; 10 The "only words against POWER SUPERPOWER" Passage in John Dos Passos' The Big Money; 11 A Cold Case File Re-Opened; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-32723-3

1-283-58449-2

9786613896940

0-8108-8567-0

OCLC:

817810917