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The Trouble with Dreiser: Harper and the Editing of Jennie Gerhardt (review)

The Trouble with Dreiser: Harper and the Editing of Jennie Gerhardt (review) 100 Studies in American Naturalism vol. 5, no. 1 with him, referring to, among other materials, the profi les Dreiser wrote for Success. This history helps the reader understand the novel’s signifi - cance; as Mulligan explains, the newly included passages offer a better ac- count of both Cowperwood’s complexity and Dreiser’s complex feelings towards the real-life magnate who inspired his trilogy. In his section on the composition of the novel, Mulligan offers a thor- ough overview of both the reading and the writing practices that shaped Dreiser’s work, with a particular emphasis on Lefevre’s “What Availeth It?” Mulligan also provides an explanation of Dreiser’s authorial trajectory, including the level of editorial intervention he received throughout his ca- reer that teachers may fi nd useful in explaining the shift from earlier nov- els like Carrie or in describing editorial practices and pressures of the day. In the section on the novel’s place in the tradition of American business novels, expected names like Charles Dudley Warner and Mark Twain, Up- ton Sinclair, and Howells appear, as well as those of writers who are less popular today, like Henry Blake Fuller, Harold Frederic, David Graham Phillips, and Robert Herrick, of whom http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in American Naturalism University of Nebraska Press

The Trouble with Dreiser: Harper and the Editing of Jennie Gerhardt (review)

Batchelor, Bob.
Studies in American Naturalism , Volume 5 (1) – Jan 6, 2011
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100 Studies in American Naturalism vol. 5, no. 1 with him, referring to, among other materials, the profi les Dreiser wrote for Success. This history helps the reader understand the novel’s signifi - cance; as Mulligan explains, the newly included passages offer a better ac- count of both Cowperwood’s complexity and Dreiser’s complex feelings towards the real-life magnate who inspired his trilogy. In his section on the composition of the novel, Mulligan offers a thor- ough overview of both the reading and the writing practices that shaped Dreiser’s work, with a particular emphasis on Lefevre’s “What Availeth It?” Mulligan also provides an explanation of Dreiser’s authorial trajectory, including the level of editorial intervention he received throughout his ca- reer that teachers may fi nd useful in explaining the shift from earlier nov- els like Carrie or in describing editorial practices and pressures of the day. In the section on the novel’s place in the tradition of American business novels, expected names like Charles Dudley Warner and Mark Twain, Up- ton Sinclair, and Howells appear, as well as those of writers who are less popular today, like Henry Blake Fuller, Harold Frederic, David Graham Phillips, and Robert Herrick, of whom

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Published: Jan 6, 2011

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