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Dreiser

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Drei·ser  (drsr, -zr), Theodore Herman Albert 1871-1945.
American writer and editor whose naturalistic novels, such as Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925), portray life as a struggle against ungovernable forces.

Dreiser [ˈdraɪsə -zə]
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(Biographies / Dreiser, Theodore (Herman Albert) (1871-1945) M, US, WRITING: novelist) Theodore (Herman Albert). 1871-1945, US novelist; his works include Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925)
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Noun1.Dreiser - United States novelist (1871-1945)Dreiser - United States novelist (1871-1945)  


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Embracing such names as Dreiser and Twain, and linking ideas across writers where such links may not have been expected, is another virtue of the book; that selection enlightens us about the changes which have taken place over the last thirty years or so in shuffling the hegemony of American novelists of the period, as they were placed in the university curriculum.
 
 
 
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