The trouble with Dreiser
Subtitle: Harper and the editing of Jennie Gerhardt
By: Annemarie Koning Whaley.
Publisher: Cambria Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amherst, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604976434
Subjects: Dreiser, Theodore, -- 1871-1945. -- Criticism, Textual; Dreiser, Theodore, -- 1871-1945 -- Manuscripts; Manuscripts, American -- Editing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Dreiser and the restoration of Jennie Gerhardt; title: Motivation: why Dreiser accepted the changes and why Harper made them; title: Editing Dreiser's framework of oppositions; title: Editing corporate America: Archibald Kane and Lester Kane; title: Editing fathers, daughters, and cultural identity; title: Editing mothers, daughters, and cultural identity: Mrs. Gerhardt; title: Editing wealthy wives and mothers: Mrs. Kane and Letty Gerald; title: Editing romanticism: Jennie's maternal nature; title: Editing Jennie into the background: Jennie and Lester Kane; title: Editing the conclusion: the problem of the coda.