Twelve Men

By:

Theodore Dreiser

Format:

Hardback

Series:

The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition

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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 masterpieces of prose. The men profiled in Twelve Men are a diverse and colorful group: from Dreiser's equally famous brother, the songwriter Paul Dresser ("My Brother Paul"), to the entirely obscure railroad foreman Michael Burke ("The Mighty Rourke"), on whose work crew Dreiser had labored in 1903. The twelve narratives are compelling portraits of the men portrayed, but they also reveal many insights into Dreiser's own life and work. These factors elevate the significance of Twelve Men to a level consistent with other major works in the Dreiser canon.

Author Biography:

Theodore Dreiser. Edited by Robert Coltrane

Release date Australia

September 29th, 1998

Author

Theodore Dreiser

Series

The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition

Contributor

Edited by Robert Coltrane

Pages

456

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

7 illus.

ISBN-13

9780812233636

Product ID

33950675

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