The Last Titan: A Life of Theodore Dreiser

by Jerome Loving

Book Overview

When Theodore Dreiser first published Sister Carrie in 1900 it was suppressed for its seamy plot, colloquial language, and immorality--for, as one reviewer put it, its depiction of "the godless side of American life." It was a side of life experienced firsthand by Dreiser, whose own circumstances often paralleled those of his characters in the turbulent, turn-of-the-century era of immigrants, black lynchings, ruthless industrialists, violent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520234812
• ISBN13: 9780520234819
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"