New Essays on Sister Carrie

Klappentext The four essays in this volume discuss approaches to Sister Carrie. Zusammenfassung The four essays in this 1991 volume not only touch on long-established approaches to Sister Carrie but also reflect a number of the concerns of scholarly and critical movements. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Notes; 1. Introduction Donald Pizer; 2. Carrie's blues Thomas P. Riggio; 3. A portrait of the artist as a young actress: the rewards of representation in Sister Carrie Barbara Hochman; 4. Sister Carrie: the city, the self, and the modes of narrative discourse Richard Lehan; 5. Who narrates? Dreiser's presence in Sister Carrie Alan Trachtenberg; Notes; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Pizer
• Assisted by: Emory Elliot (Editor), Donald Pizer (Editor), Pizer Donald (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.1991
• EAN: 9780521387149
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38714-9
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: American Novel (Paperback); The American Novel
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form