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An American Tragedyby Sally Lowe, Theodore DreiserISBN 0003701417 (0-00-370141-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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An American Tragedyby Theodore DreiserISBN 0175570442 (0-17-557044-2)
Softcover, Pearson Education Canada
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Art, Music, and Literature, 1897-1902by Theodore Dreiser , Yoshinobu HakutaniISBN 025202625X (0-252-02625-X)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Art, Music, and Literature, 1897-1902'Book summary:Before coming to national attention for his novel "Sister Carrie", Theodore Dreiser worked for nearly a decade as a magazine editor and freelance writer. In this volume, liberally seasoned with period illustrations, Yoshinobu Hakutani has collected and annotated a rich selection of Dreiser's early writings on the cultural milieu of his day. In these brief essays, Dreiser sallies into the vibrant world of creative work in turn-of-the-century America. He inspects the eccentric and revealing paraphernalia of artists' studios, probes the work habits of writers, and goes behind the scenes in the popular song-writing business, where this week's celebrity is next week's has-been. He notes the proliferation of organizations such as the Camera Club of New York and the American Water-Color Society and profiles or interviews famous figures such as Alfred Stieglitz, William Dean Howells, and the legendary impresario Major James Burton Pond. He also introduces numerous women artists, novelists, and musicians, including the prolific and tireless Amelia Barr (mother of fourteen children and author of thirty-two novels), the illustrator Alice B. Stephens, and the opera singer Lillian Nordica. Hakutani's notes provide biographical detail on dozens of now-obscure individuals mentioned by Dreiser. Bubbling up through Dreiser's observations and reflections are a keen curiosity about the creative process and a passion for identifying the peculiarly American spirit reflected in the young nation's artists and their work. These miniature portraits of the people who were the talk of the town at the turn of the century capture American culture at a moment when the United States was intent on demonstrating its ability to produce fine art and literature worthy of European models yet distinctively its own. [via]
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The Financierby Theodore Dreiser , Larzer ZiffISBN 014310554X (0-14-310554-X)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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The Geniusby Theodore Dreiser , Clare Virginia EbyISBN 0252031008 (0-252-03100-8)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Genius'Book summary:The ''Genius''
Author: Theodore Dreiser
Published: 1915
Language: English
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Banned Books
The insistent theme of Mr. Dreiser's work is desire, perennial, unquenchable. No matter how badly Mr. Dreiser might do his work, he would be significant as the American novelist who has most felt this subterranean current of life. Many novelists have seen this current as a mere abyss of sin from which the soul is to be dragged to the high ground of moral purpose and redemption, but this will not quite do. The great interpreters see life as a struggle between this desire and the organized machinery of existence, but they are not eager, as we are, to cover up and belittle the desire. [via]More editions of The Genius:
Jennie Gerhardtby Theodore Dreiser , West, James L. W., IIIISBN 0140187103 (0-14-018710-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jennie Gerhardt'Book summary:Dreiser's second novel and his own personal favorite features an impoverished heroine who, in simply trying to make her way in the world, inadvertently defies a host of social conventions. Following the addition of Sister Carrie to the World's Classics series, Jennie Gerhardt is accompanied by a full and up-to-date editorial apparatus. [via]
Letters to Women: New Lettersby Theodore Dreiser , Thomas P. RiggioISBN 0252033760 (0-252-03376-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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A Picture and a Criticism of Life: New Lettersby Theodore Dreiser , Donald PizerISBN 0252031067 (0-252-03106-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Sister Carrieby Theodore Dreiser , Neda M. Westlake, James L. W. WestISBN 0140188282 (0-14-018828-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sister Carrie'Book summary:Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser's revolutionary first novel, was published in 1900--sort of. The story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old country girl who moves to Chicago and becomes a kept woman, was strong stuff at the turn of the century, and what Dreiser's wary publisher released was a highly expurgated version. Times change, and we now have a restored "author's cut" of Sister Carrie that shows how truly ahead of his time Dreiser was. First and foremost, he has written an astute, nonmoralizing account of a woman and her limited options in late-19th-century America. That's impressive in and of itself, but Dreiser doesn't stop there. Digging deeply into the psychological underpinnings of his characters, he gives us people who are often strangers to themselves, drifting numbly until fate pushes them on a path they can later neither defend nor even remember choosing.
Dreiser's story unfolds in the measured cadences of an earlier era. This sometimes works brilliantly as we follow the choices, small and large, that lead some characters to doom and others to glory. On the other hand, the middle chapters--of which there are many--do drag somewhat, even when one appreciates Dreiser's intentions. If you can make it through the sagging midsection, however, you'll be rewarded by Sister Carrie's last 150 pages, which depict the harrowing downward spiral of one of the book's central characters. Here Dreiser portrays with brutal power how the wrong decision--or lack of decision--can lay waste to a life. --Rebecca Gleason [via]
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- Sister Carrie: ISBN 0192835742 (0-19-283574-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Sister Carrie: ISBN 003009075X (0-03-009075-X)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub - Sister Carrie: ISBN 0140390022 (0-14-039002-2)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Sister Carrie: ISBN 0192827421 (0-19-282742-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Sister Carrie: ISBN 0140188282 (0-14-018828-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- Sister Carrie: ISBN 0192835742 (0-19-283574-2)
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A Traveler at Fortyby Theodore Dreiser , Renate Von BardelebenISBN 0252029135 (0-252-02913-5)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Traveler at Forty'Book summary:Before publishing Dreiser's European travel book in 1913, the Century Company editors had heavily excised autobiographical reminiscences, philosophical speculations, revealing portraits of prominent figures, Dreiser's relationships with women, and his carefully observed renditions of lower-class urban life. This newly edited text is based on the typescript that Dreiser himself had prepared from his holograph in order to preserve it fully for future publication. The text reveals Dreiser's multiple motives in going to Europe--not least the cultivation of his reputation in England and the exploration of his ancestral roots in Germany. The earlier text is about places; the fuller text is about Dreiser himself. [via]
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