The Cambridge companion to Theodore Dreiser / edited by Leonard Cassuto and Clare Virginia Eby.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Cassuto, Leonard, 1960- editor.
• Eby, Clare Virginia, editor.

Series:

• Cambridge companions to literature.
• Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945--Criticism and interpretation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Theodore Dreiser is one of the most penetrating observers of the greatest period of social change the United States ever saw. Writing as America emerged as the world's wealthiest nation, Dreiser chronicled industrial and economic transformation and the birth of consumerism with an unmatched combination of detail, sympathy, and power. The specially commissioned essays collected in this volume are written by a leading team of scholars of American literature and culture. They establish parameters for both scholarly and classroom discussion of Dreiser. This Companion provides fresh perspectives on the frequently read classics, Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, as well as on topics of perennial interest, such as Dreiser's representation of the city and his prose style. The volume investigates topics such as his representation of masculinity and femininity, and his treatment of ethnicity. It is the most comprehensive introduction to Dreiser's work available.

Contents:

• Background and contexts:
• Dreiser and the profession of authorship / James L.W. West III
• Dreiser and the uses of biography / Thomas P. Riggio
• Dreiser's style / Paul Giles
• Dreiser and the history of American longing / Jackson Lears
• Dreiser and his culture:
• The matter of Dreiser's modernity / Bill Brown
• Dreiser, class, and the home / Catherine Jurca
• Can there be loyalty in the Financier? Dreiser and upward mobility / Bruce Robbins
• Dreiser, art, and the museum / Miles Orvell
• Dreiser and women / Clare Virginia Eby
• Sister Carrie, race, and the World's Columbian Exposition / Christopher Gair
• Dreiser's sociological vision / Priscilla Wald
• Dreiser and crime / Leonard Cassuto.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

ISBN:

• 1-139-81680-2
• 1-139-00101-9