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1、TheodoreDreiserMajorWorksSisterCarrieJennieGerhardtAnAmericanTragedyTheGenius(autobiographical)TheTrilogyofDesire:Financier,TheTitan,TheStoic《金融家》《巨人》《斯多葛》Life(1871-1945)sonofaGermanimmigranttheninthof10childreninpovertyspendingoneyearatIndianaUniversityanewspaperreporterin1892SisterCarr

2、iein1900:adepictionofunpunishedcharactersandafranktreatmentofsexualissuesJennyGerhardtin1911:influentialsupporters,Beingabletodevotehimselfentirelytoliterature.TheGeniusin1915AnAmericanTragedyin1925:greatpopularsuccessFortandTheodoreDreiseratDreiser’shomeinMtKiscoTheodoreDreiserLane-Stre

3、etsofIllinoisSpringfieldTheodoreDreiserwasborninTerreHaute,Indianain1871.TheninthchildofGermanimmigrants,heexperiencedconsiderablepovertywhileachildandattheageoffifteenwasforcedtoleavehomeinsearchofwork.AfterbrieflyattendingIndianaUniversityforoneyear(1889-90),hefoundworkasareporteronsev

4、eralnewspapers.LaterhemovedtoNewYorkwhereheattemptedtoestablishhimselfasanovelist.AfterhisfirstnovelSisterCarriewaspublishedin1900withthehelpofFrankNorris,Dreisercontinuedtoworkasajournalistandaswellaswritingformainstreamnewspapers.HissecondnovelJennieGerhardtwasnotpublisheduntil1911.Thi

5、swasfollowedbytwonovelsTheFinancier(1912)andTheTitan(1914).TheGeniuswaspublishedin1915butitwasanothertenyearsbeforeDreisergreatestnovel,AnAmericanTragedy(1925)appeared,whichbroughthimadegreeofcriticalandcommercialsuccesshehadneverbeforeattained.Asasocialist,Dreiserwasinvitedtobepresentat

6、thecelebrationofthetenthanniversaryoftheOctoberRevolutioninMoscowin1927.AfterreturningtoAmericainearly1928,hewroteseveralnon-fictionbooksonpoliticalissues.ThisincludedDreiserLooksatRussia(1928),TragicAmerica(1931)andAmericaisWorthSaving(1941).TheodoreDreiserjoinedtheAmericanCommunistPart

7、yjustbeforehediedin1945.5)ThoughhisvisittotheSovietUnionhadlefthimskepticalaboutcommunism,theGreatDepression(from1929)causedhimtoreconsiderhisopposition.HisautobiographicalDawn(1931)isoneofthemostcandidself-revelationsbyanymajorwriter.6).BythetimeDreiser'ssecondnovel,Jenn