Theodore Dreiser (1871)
Dreiser was a novelist and pioneer of naturalism in American literature. After working as a journalist, magazine editor, and publisher,he published his first novel, Sister Carrie,which was denounced as scandalous. In 1915,the withdrawal of his autobiographical novel,The Genius, from distribution on moral grounds ignited a national anticensorship campaign supported by most of the leading literary figures of the day. Whose murder inspired his An American Tragedy? More…
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