Research Catalog

Title

The American trilogy, 1900-1937 : Norris, Dreiser, Dos Passos, and the history of mammon / by John C. Waldmeir.

Author

Waldmeir, John Christian, 1959-

Publication

West Cornwall, CT : Locust Hill Press, 1995.

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Details

Description

xvi, 172 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Locust Hill literary studies ; no. 19

Uniform Title

Locust Hill literary studies ; no. 19.

Subject

• Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 > Religion
• Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 > Religion
• Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 > Religion
• Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
• Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
• Norris, Frank, 1870-1902
• Dos Passos, John 1896-1970
• Dreiser, Theodore 1871-1945
• Norris, Frank 1870-1902
• Dreiser, Theodore
• Norris, Frank
• Dos Passos, John
• 1900-1999
• American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
• Religion in literature
• Literature and history > United States > History > 20th century
• National characteristics, American, in literature
• Fiction > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Realism in literature
• Cycles (Literature)
• American fiction
• Literature
• Literature and history
• Religion
• Reichtum Motiv
• Reichtum
• Roman
• United States > In literature
• United States
• USA
• USA

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.
• Cycles (Literature)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. 1. The Trilogy and American Culture. Ch. 1. History, Cosmos, and Ideology in the American Trilogy. Ch. 2. Describing Mammon as God -- pt. 2. Three Examples, 1900-1937. Ch. 3. "Measureless Range of Vision": The Corporate Point of View in Norris's Wheat Trilogy. Ch. 4. "The Same Damn Thing Over and Over": Repetition in Dreiser's Cowperwood Trilogy. Ch. 5. Inventing Sequences: U.S.A., History, and the "Old Words."

ISBN

• 0933951647
• 9780933951648

LCCN

94048837

OCLC

• ocm31815288
• 31815288
• SCSB-2052732

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library