Sister Carrie The Pennsylvania Edition Revised Edition Theodore Dreiser. Edited by Thomas P. Riggio "In restoring Dreiser's masterpiece, the editors of the Pennsylvania Edition have given us more than a literary curiosity; like art historians cleaning a da Vinci fresco, they have uncovered the original glowing with an ancient newness."--Richard Lingeman, The Nation "No work of such historical repute . . . has ever been republished with such major change. . . . The 'new' novel . . . will probably become the accepted standard."--Herbert Mitgang, New York Times "The 'restored'...
Sister Carrie The Pennsylvania Edition Revised Edition Theodore Dreiser. Edited by Thomas P. Riggio "In restoring Dreiser's masterpiece, the editors o...
Although world-famous for his novels Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt, Theodore Dreiser was also highly accomplished in journalism, autobiography, and travel writing. In 1919, having recently accepted the publishing contract of a new publisher, Boni and Liveright, Dreiser proposed to publish a "book of characters" that would collect twelve biographical sketches of individuals who were major influences on Dreiser, both as a man and as a writer. The resulting narratives combine the best attributes of the character sketch, the autobiography, and the short story into miniature...
Although world-famous for his novels Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt, Theodore Dreiser was also highly accomplished in journalism, ...
