Theodore Dreiser
Essays

Theodore Dreiser, author of such realist classics as Sister Carrie is famed for his starkly realistic works of fiction that depict the "conflict between human needs and the demands of society for material success"…

An Existential Examination of the Essential Blackness and Dread

North American literature of the twentieth century began as a predominantly white male-dominated literature, on the heels of 19th century romantic literary expression, such as within the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne,…

¶ … Financier written by Theodore Dreiser traces the personal and financial life of a fictional financier from the time of Andrew Jackson's administration through the aftermath of the "Great Fire" in Chicago in 1871.

Richard Wright was one of the greatest African-American writers; he was also the first African-American to have produced one of the famous novel of racism and its psychological affect on the individuals in his…

The translation of any work of literature into another medium, even one apparently so closely aligned with the written word as film, is always a chancy proposition. While literature and film focus themselves on the same…

¶ … Sister Carrie and a Modern Instance and discusses the characters geographic attempts to escape their problems. The writer compares and contrasts the stories and argues that social norms continue to follow the…

¶ … characters in Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie. The writer of this paper provides an insight to the things leading to the eventual outcome of Carrie and Hurstwood. The writer uses examples from the book to…

This essay is presented in the form of a state appeals court decision after consideration of the facts surrounding a bookseller obscenity conviction. A respected literary work was aggressively prosecuted under obscenity laws in the State of Indiana and a conviction was obtained. When appealed to a higher court the conviction was easily overturned because the lower court ignored many of the criteria constituting the Miller test for obscenity. An analysis is presented and decision made.

¶ … Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser, and "My Antonia" by Willa Cather. Specifically, it will determine what each character's value system is by asking what things are most important to her and what things or values…