Theodore Dreiser's An American tragedy a documentary volume / edited by Donald Pizer.

Other author Pizer, Donald.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDetroit : Gale Cengage Learning,
Descriptionxxiv, 486 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Gale Literature: Dictionary of Literary Biography
Subjects

SeriesDictionary of literary biography, 1096-8547 ; v. 361
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.
General note"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011004254
ISBN9780787681791 (hardcover)
ISBN0787681792 (hardcover)

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