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Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (/ ˈ d r aɪ s ər,-z ər /; August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble ...
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist whose work explored the social problems that grew from a rapidly industrializing nation. His best-known works include Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy.
About Theodore Dreiser: Naturalistic novels of American writer and editor Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser portray life as a struggle against ungovernable ...
Oct 29, 2013 · Introduction. Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, to working-class parents, including a German immigrant father. His family background, including his father’s strong Roman Catholicism, his siblings’ tumultuous romantic relationships, and the family’s financial instability, would influence the themes ...
Theodore Dreiser - Naturalism, Novels, Journalism: Dreiser’s first novel, Sister Carrie (1900), is a work of pivotal importance in American literature despite its inauspicious launching. It became a beacon to subsequent American writers whose allegiance was to the realistic treatment of any and all subject matter.
Theodore Dreiser was an American author of naturalist fiction. Censorship and bans accompanied him all his life. His works were burned in Nazi Germany in 1933.
Writer Theodore Dreiser, late in life. A practitioner of American realism, Dreiser explored such themes as the lure of urban environments, the conflict between Old World parents and their Americanized children, and the hollowness of the American drive for material success.
