Genius

Dreiser's captivating portraits of turn-of-the-century America's famous figures Before coming to national attention for his novelSister Carrie,Theodore Dreiser worked for nearly a decade as a magazine editor and freelance writer. Now in paperback,Art, Music, and Literature, 1897-1902collects a rich selection of Dreiser's brief, colorful articles and interviews with American artists, musicians, and writers during this period. His profiles and interviews include such notables as Alfred Stieglitz, William Dean Howells, and legendary impresario Major James Burton Pond, as well as numerous women artists, novelists, and musicians. The volume is liberally seasoned with period illustrations reproduced from the original publications, and Yoshinobu Hakutani's notes provide biographical details about Dreiser's various subjects.Dreiser, Theodore is the author of 'Genius ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780252031007 and ISBN 0252031008.