A selective bibliography of open access articles, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages
Davies, Jude. A substantial introduction to Theodore Dreiser 01 August 2001. On Sister Carrie (1900); An American Tragedy (1925)
Pitofsky, Alex. Dreiser's 'The Financier' and the Horatio Alger myth, in Twentieth Century Literature, Fall, 1998
Ritterbusch, Nichole. "George Steven's A Place in the Sun and Jack Clayton's The Great Gatsby Shot-by-shot: a computer-assisted comparison." A comparison of the film versions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel and the film based on Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. EESE 7/1995
The Sister Carrie web site at the Univ. of Penn. contains critical essays by Dreiser scholars Clare Virginia Eby, "Cultural and Historical Contexts for Sister Carrie"; James L. W. West, "The Composition and Publication of Sister Carrie"; and Nancy M. Shawcross, "Sister Carrie: 'A Strangely Strong Novel in a Queer Milieu," along with the text of the novel, facsimiles of the typescript, and more Dreiser material
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Brief introduction to Theodore Dreiser's Old Rogaum and His Theresa contends that this short tale illustrates the complex textures and motives of literary naturalism in bold relief, from Norton
The true story of the Chester Gillette and Grace Brown murder case that inspired Dreiser's An American Tragedy and its movie version, A Place in the Sun
A Teacher's Guide to Theodore Dreiser's short story, "Typhoon," its themes and the problems students often have with Dreiser's notoriously clumsy style, from Heath
Teaching resources for Theodore Dreiser from C-Span, from the 2001 American Writers series
A biography of Theodore Dreiser from the Books and Writers web site, Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland
Short, accessible article about Theodore Dreiser from a Salon.com classic book discussion group
Keillor, Garrison. Commenting on the 'scandalous' Sister Carrie, the popular commentator asks "why did they ever ban a book this bad?" Salon.com, 10/13/97
The Dreiser Society web site which provides a list of etexts of Theodore Dreiser's writings on the web
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