KEITH NEWLIN is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. He is the coeditor of "Dreiser Studies", an international scholarly journal devoted to the life and works of Theodore Dreiser. His articles have appeared in such journals as "American Literary Realism", "Studies in Anmerican Fiction", and "Journal of American Drama and Theatre". He has edited or coedited several works by Hamlin Garland and an edition of Dreiser's plays.