000 02835cam a2200349 a 4500
001 2003055130
003 DLC
005 20190729102828.0
008 030529s2004 enka b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2003055130
020 _a052181555X
020 _a0521894654 (pbk.)
040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_dDLC
049 _aEY8Z
050 0 0 _aPS3507.R55
_bZ575 2004
082 0 0 _a813/.52
_221
245 0 4 _aThe Cambridge companion to Theodore Dreiser /
_cedited by Leonard Cassuto and Clare Virginia Eby.
246 3 0 _aTheodore Dreiser
260 _aCambridge, UK ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2004.
300 _axx, 234 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
440 0 _aCambridge companions to literature
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 214-223) and index.
505 0 _aPART I. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXTS: 1. Dreiser and the profession of authorship / James L. W. West III -- 2. Dreiser and the uses of biography / Thomas P. Riggio -- 3. Dreiser's style / Paul Giles -- 4. Dreiser and the history of American longing / Jackson Lears. PART II. DREISER AND HIS CULTURE: 5. The matter of Dreiser's modernity / Bill Brown -- 6. Dreiser, class, and the home / Catherine Jurca -- 7. Dreiser and the ideology of upward mobility / Bruce Robbins -- 8. Dreiser, art, and the museum / Miles Orvell -- 9. Dreiser and women / Clare Virginia Eby -- 10. Sister Carrie, race, and the World's Columbian Exposition / Christopher Gair -- 11. Dreiser's sociological vision / Priscilla Wald -- 12. Dreiser and crime / Leonard Cassuto.
520 _aPublisher description: 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 new 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.
600 1 0 _aDreiser, Theodore,
_d1871-1945
_xCriticism and interpretation
_vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
700 1 _aCassuto, Leonard,
_d1960-
700 1 _aEby, Clare Virginia.
948 _au170834
949 _hEY8Z
_i33039000726249
596 _a1
903 _a8506
999 _c8506
_d8506