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'''Theodore Dreiser''' (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American writer, best known for his debut novel, ''Sister Carrie'' (1900), a harsh depiction of [[American]] society "overtly antagonistic to [[capitalism]]'s degrading force."<ref>Katherine Kearns, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=tQp7DDweCKoC Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism: Through the Looking-Glass]'' (Cambridge University Press, 1996) ISBN 0521496063, p. 265, n. 23</ref> | '''Theodore Dreiser''' (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American writer, best known for his debut novel, ''Sister Carrie'' (1900), a harsh depiction of [[American]] society "overtly antagonistic to [[capitalism]]'s degrading force."<ref>Katherine Kearns, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=tQp7DDweCKoC Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism: Through the Looking-Glass]'' (Cambridge University Press, 1996) ISBN 0521496063, p. 265, n. 23</ref> | ||
| − | Dreiser was an [[atheist]]<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881224,00.html Religion: Atheist's Oath]," ''Time'', August 20, 1928</ref> as well as a [[Communist]], who wrote that "through its attainment of Socialism," the Soviet Union "has given the greatest example in history of the heights of achievement that can be reached by a free people with faith in itself and in all the progressive forces of humanity."<ref>Theodore Dreiser, "Request to Become a Communist," ''[[The Daily Worker]]'', July 30, 1945, reprinted in Albert Fried, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=mLJbT3NMbN4C Communism in America: A History in Documents]'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997) ISBN 0231102356, pp. 348-350</ref> In 1928, he visited the [[Soviet Union]], returning to give the ''New York Times'' a glowing account, even defending [[Stalin]]'s purge of [[Trotsky]].<ref>"[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A1FFD38551A738DDDAB0A94DA405B888EF1D3&scp=1&sq=dreiser%20home,%20sees%20soviet%20aims%20gaining&st=cse DREISER HOME, SEES SOVIET AIMS GAINING]; Author Thinks Principles of Government Will Spread Even to This Country. BUT IN A DIFFERENT FORM He Declares There Is No Bread-Line or Unemployment in Russia-- Deplores Coal Strike Here," ''The New York Times'', February 22, 1928</ref> | + | Dreiser was an [[atheist]]<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881224,00.html Religion: Atheist's Oath]," ''Time'', August 20, 1928</ref> as well as a [[Communist]], who wrote that "through its attainment of Socialism," the Soviet Union "has given the greatest example in history of the heights of achievement that can be reached by a free people with faith in itself and in all the progressive forces of humanity."<ref>Theodore Dreiser, "Request to Become a Communist," ''[[The Daily Worker]]'', July 30, 1945, reprinted in Albert Fried, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=mLJbT3NMbN4C Communism in America: A History in Documents]'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997) ISBN 0231102356, pp. 348-350</ref> In 1928, he visited the [[Soviet Union]], returning to give the ''New York Times'' a glowing account, even defending [[Stalin]]'s purge of [[Trotsky]].<ref>"[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A1FFD38551A738DDDAB0A94DA405B888EF1D3&scp=1&sq=dreiser%20home,%20sees%20soviet%20aims%20gaining&st=cse DREISER HOME, SEES SOVIET AIMS GAINING]; Author Thinks Principles of Government Will Spread Even to This Country. BUT IN A DIFFERENT FORM He Declares There Is No Bread-Line or Unemployment in Russia-- Deplores Coal Strike Here," ''The New York Times'', February 22, 1928, p. 9. Cf. Frederic E. Rusch and Donald Pizer (Eds.), ''Theodore Dreiser: Interviews'' (University of Illinois Press, 2004) ISBN 0252029437, pp. 168-170</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:26, October 4, 2009
Theodore Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American writer, best known for his debut novel, Sister Carrie (1900), a harsh depiction of American society "overtly antagonistic to capitalism's degrading force."[1]
Dreiser was an atheist[2] as well as a Communist, who wrote that "through its attainment of Socialism," the Soviet Union "has given the greatest example in history of the heights of achievement that can be reached by a free people with faith in itself and in all the progressive forces of humanity."[3] In 1928, he visited the Soviet Union, returning to give the New York Times a glowing account, even defending Stalin's purge of Trotsky.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Katherine Kearns, Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism: Through the Looking-Glass (Cambridge University Press, 1996) ISBN 0521496063, p. 265, n. 23
- ↑ "Religion: Atheist's Oath," Time, August 20, 1928
- ↑ Theodore Dreiser, "Request to Become a Communist," The Daily Worker, July 30, 1945, reprinted in Albert Fried, Communism in America: A History in Documents (New York: Columbia University Press, 1997) ISBN 0231102356, pp. 348-350
- ↑ "DREISER HOME, SEES SOVIET AIMS GAINING; Author Thinks Principles of Government Will Spread Even to This Country. BUT IN A DIFFERENT FORM He Declares There Is No Bread-Line or Unemployment in Russia-- Deplores Coal Strike Here," The New York Times, February 22, 1928, p. 9. Cf. Frederic E. Rusch and Donald Pizer (Eds.), Theodore Dreiser: Interviews (University of Illinois Press, 2004) ISBN 0252029437, pp. 168-170