Title
Theodore Dreiser and the Modernists
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Arguing against the widely accepted notion of the divide between prewar and postwar writers, Murayama explores Dreiser’s influence on modernists, including Hemingway, John Dos Passos, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Compares Dreiser’s The “Genius” (1915) with A Farewell to Arms, finding similar plot elements such as scenes with caesarian operations and characters philosophically grappling with the meaning of life.
Published in
Studies in American Naturalism
Volume
11
Issue
2
Date
2016
Pages
38-55
COinS
Citation
Murayama, Kiyohiko. “Theodore Dreiser and the Modernists.” Studies in American Naturalism 11, no. 2 (2016): 38-55.