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The American Diaries, 1902-1926 (Paperback, New edition)
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The American Diaries, 1902-1926 (Paperback, New edition)
Series: The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition
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Dreiser's careful preservation of his papers bears new fruit with
the publication of his personal diaries for the years 1902-26. This
volume presents all seven of Dreiser's hitherto unpublished
American diaries, the intermittent journals he kept during the most
productive years of his literary career. Together they constitute a
revealing self-portrait as well as a valuable commentary on the
American scene during the first quarter of the twentieth century.
They offer reflections on turn-of-the-century Philadelphia, the
American South and Mid-West, Greenwich Village of the
nineteen-teens, and Hollywood of the twenties. The diaries begin in
1902, when Dreiser was at a low point after the "suppression" of
Sister Carrie, and continue until 1926, when he was enjoying the
greatest success of his career with An American Tragedy. This
publication constitutes in its entirety a new source for
biographical and critical study. This is particularly true of the
diaries covering Dreiser's experience in Philadelphia, Greenwich
Village, and with Helen Richardson-all of which were not available
to previous biographers. The present Introduction by Professor
Riggio is the first biographical narrative to make use of these
materials. Future biographers will now be able to speak with more
assurance of Dreiser's whereabouts, the people he knew, what he was
reading, which writings were in progress, and of his fascinating
private affairs in general. In addition, these diaries will be of
interest to students of Dreiser's literary art, as they reveal
subtle aspects of how Dreiser viewed the external world and
transmuted it in his daily creative efforts.
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