A Picture and a Criticism of Life: New Letters (The Dreiser Edition)

by Theodore Dreiser

Donald Pizer (Editor)

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Dreiser's captivating portraits of turn-of-the-century America's famous figures

Before coming to national attention for his novel Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser worked for nearly a decade as a magazine editor and freelance writer. Now in paperback, Art, Music, and Literature, 1897-1902 collects a rich selection of Dreiser's brief, colorful articles and interviews with American artists, musicians, and writers during this period. His profiles and interviews include such notables as Alfred Stieglitz, William Dean Howells, and legendary impresario Major James Burton Pond, as well as numerous women artists, novelists, and musicians. The volume is liberally seasoned with period illustrations reproduced from the original publications, and Yoshinobu Hakutani's notes provide biographical details about Dreiser's various subjects.

  • ISBN10 0252031067
  • ISBN13 9780252031069
  • Publish Date 8 February 2008
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Illinois Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 392
  • Language English