Political writings [[electronic resource] /] / Theodore Dreiser ; edited by Jude Davies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788721703321
• Autore: Dreiser Theodore <1871-1945.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011
• ISBN: 1-282-95958-1; 9786612959585; 0-252-09012-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Collana: The Dreiser edition
• Altri autori (Persone): DaviesJude <1965->
• Disciplina: 818/.52
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: This volume gathers Dreiser's most important political writings from his journalism, memoirs, and long out-of-print books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PART 1: 1895-1910 -- Historical Commentary -- America, Europe, and Cuba -- Women's Suffrage -- The Toil of the Laborer -- Helps the Municipality Owes the Housewife -- The Problem of the Dying Baby -- The State of the Negro -- The Day of Special Priviledges -- The Death of Francisco Ferrer -- PART 2: 1911-1928 -- Historical Commentary -- From "The Girl in the Coffin" -- From "Life, Art and America" -- American Idealism and German Frightfulness -- From "More Democracy or Less? An Inquiry" -- Dreiser Sees No Progress -- A Word Concerning Birth Control -- Contribution to "The Rights of a Columnist: A Symposium on the Case of Heywood Broun versus the New York World" -- From "Dreiser Looks at Russia" -- PART 3: 1929-1937 -- Historical Commentary -- Dreiser Discusses Dewey Plan -- John Reed Club Answer -- Mooney and America -- On the Communists and Their Platform -- The American Press and American Political Prisoners -- Speech on the Scottsboro Case -- Interview with Nazife Osman Pasha -- From "Tragic America" -- Introduction to "Harlan Miners Speak: Report on Terrorism in the Kentucky Coal Fields" -- America -- The Child and the School -- Editorial Note on the New Deal and Soviet Policy -- The "Is Dreiser Anti-Semitic?" Correspondence -- Flies and Locusts -- "They Shall Not Die" Indicts North as Well as the South -- Contribution to "Where We Stand" -- Dreiser Denies He Is Anti-Semitic ; -- Contribution to "What Is Americanism? A Symposium on Marxism and the American Tradition" -- Epic Technologists Must Plan -- Mea Culpa -- Statement on Russia and the Struggle against Fascism in Spain -- Contribution to Symposium, "Is Leon Trotsky Guilty?" -- From "A Conversation: Theodore Dreiser and John Dos Passos" -- PART 4: 1938-1945 -- Historical Commentary -- War Is a Racket -- Equity Between Nations -- American Democracy Against Fascism -- Loyalist Spain: July 1938 -- Statement on Anti-Semitism -- The Dawn Is in the East -- From "Civilization: Where? What?" -- Theodore Dreiser and the Free Press -- From "America Is Worth Saving" -- From "Writers Declare: We Have A War To Win" -- Broadcast to the People of Europe -- Broadcast to the People of Germany -- What to Do -- Theodore Dreiser Joins Communist Party -- Interdependence.