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An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser | |
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Herman Theodore Dreiser | | Birth Date: |
August 27, 1871 | | Death Date: |
December 28, 1945 | | Place of Birth: |
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States | | Place of Death: |
Hollywood, California, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
novelist, author, journalist, editor |
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 Biography of Theodore (Herman Albert) Dreiser
14088 words, approx. 47 pages
 Theodore Dreiser now seems securely established as the principal American novelist in the tradition of naturalistic fiction, which includes his European counterparts Emile Zola and Honoré de Balzac. Much of Dreiser 's preeminence follows from his... summary from source:
 Biography of Herman Theodore Dreiser
11216 words, approx. 37.4 pages
Henry David Thoreau, Living Thoughts of Thoreau, selected, with an introduction, by Dreiser (New York: Longmans, Green, 1938). Theodore Dreiser is one of the most significant and most problematical of American writers. The acknowledged "trailblazer" for... summary from source:
Biography of Theodore (Herman Albert) Dreiser
10579 words, approx. 35.3 pages
Theodore Dreiser is one of the most significant and most problematical of American writers. His place in American literary history is secure. The acknowledged "trailblazer" for a generation of early twentieth-century American writers, his rebellious comm...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 An American Tragedy Information
1,122 words, approx. 4 pages
 An American Tragedy (1925) is an American novel by Theodore Dreiser. The book is the story of a young man, Clyde Griffiths, whose troubles with women and the law take him from his religious upbringing in Kansas City to the fictional town of Lycurgus,...
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 The Boston Globe An American Tragedy
07/22/1989: 555 words, approx. 2 pages The stories out of Rosebud and Standing Rock, Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River -- Native American reservations in the Plains states -- tell of an American tragedy in the making. The tragedy goes beyond the alcoholism that has been a particular affliction for... summary from source:
Baltimore Afro-American An avoidable American tragedy
01/02/2004: 927 words, approx. 3 pages Cummings, Elijah E. Baltimore Afro-American 01-02-2004 The holidays are a time for moral reflection, to consider what we can do to make this world a more just and humane place. For millions of Americans, however, this holiday season is also a time of impending... summary from source:
 AP News Gillette diary donated to college
3/14/2007: 333 words, approx. 1 pagesThe diary of Chester Gillette, whose murder of his lover in 1906 became the basis for Theodore Dreiser's classic "An American Tragedy," has been donated to Hamilton College after being passed down for generations through his family."He truly is a different person in the diary"... summary from source:
AP News College publishes famed killer's diary
1/26/2008: 977 words, approx. 3 pagesOn the eve of his execution, the man at the center of one of the 20th century's most notorious crimes was at peace."In all that I have done, I hope I have done as men would have me do. I know that I am right...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by David Guest
11,115 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Guest explores the ways in which Dreiser raised questions about the nature of criminal responsibility in An American Tragedy.
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Critical Essay by Ann M. Algeo
10,781 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, Algeo explores Dreiser's nonfictional sources for An American Tragedy.
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Critical Essay by Lee Clark Mitchell
10,368 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Mitchell examines An American Tragedy as a deterministic novel in which repetition forces the characters to submit to events beyond their control.
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