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Theodore Dreiser's An American tragedy : a documentary volume / edited by Donald Pizer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 361.
- Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 361
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. American tragedy.
- Dreiser, Theodore.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945--Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Reference works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 486 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Gale, 2011.
- Contents:
- Dreiser and the American tragedy archetype
- The Horatio Alger myth of success
- Dreiser and the Alger myth
- The "miss rich/miss poor" type of crime
- Murder in the north woods: the Chester Gillette-Grace Brown case
- The social background
- The traditional conservative social base
- The new 1920s ethos
- New ideas: mechanism and Freudianism
- Composition, publication, and reviews
- Composition
- Publication
- Reviews
- Theater and film adaptations
- Play adaptations
- Film adaptations
- The question of Clyde's guilt.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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