An American Tragedy (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Elias, Robert H., Theodore Dreiser: Apostle of Nature, 1948, amended edition, Cornell University Press, 1970.

  Elias's biography, though written more than fifty years ago, is still considered perhaps the best scholarly treatment of the author and his work.

• Gogol, Miriam, ed., Theodore Dreiser: Beyond Naturalism, New York University Press, 1995.

  The ten writers in Gogol's collection each take a different approach to Dreiser's work, analyzing elements from his female characters to film versions of his novels. This collection is rare in that it offers modern views on Dreiser's work.

• Kazin, Alfred, and Charles Shapiro, eds., The Stature of Theodore Dreiser, Indiana University Press, 1955.

  Kazin and Shapiro collected criticism of Dreiser's work published from 1900 to 1955.

• Pizer, Donald, ed., The Cambridge Companion to American Realism and Naturalism, Cambridge University Press, 1995.

  This volume provides analyses of important texts in American realism and naturalism along with historical context and critical approaches.