About the Author:
Theodore Dreiser was one of the most influential American authors of his generation, a harbinger of the modernist era that would follow him. Born in Indiana to a German-American farming family of ten, he attended Indiana University for two years before dropping out to work as a journalist. His novels and nonfiction narratives, which he began publishing in his thirties, were controversial for their gritty realism, sexual frankness, and sympathy for the plight of underrepresented people such as working women and African-Americans. He has been called "one of the American giants" by renowned literary critic Irving Howe.
From Library Journal:
Now known primarily for lengthy psychological novels like Sister Carrie , Dreiser began his career as a journalist and only later turned to short stories. The two genres have been combined here with the presentation of seven works of "semifiction," sketches of living people, and six short stories, all long out of print. Dreiser's grasp of character is masterful, but his verbose style and attention to atmosphere tend to date the stories; they seem more period pieces than modern short fiction. Detailed notes and fragments of previously unpublished text are included. Primarily for scholarly collections.
- Shelley Cox, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
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