New Essays on Sister Carrie

Book Overview

Sister Carrie (1900), Theodore Dreiser's first novel, is one of the seminal works in American literature because of Dreiser's ground-breaking dramatization of the tragic life led by men and women in the modern American city. The introduction by Donald Pizer describes in detail the biographical and historical background of the novel and its critical reputation. The four original essays in this 1991 volume not only touch on long-established approaches...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521387140
• ISBN13: 9780521387149
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"