Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Sister Carrie
Dreiser, Theodore. Ed(S): West, James L. W., Iii
€ 61.16
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Sister Carrie
Paperback. Editor(s): West, James L. W., III. Series: The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 793.
The Sister Carrie edition that was published in 1900, long regarded as a watershed work in American fiction, was actually a censored misrepresentation of Drieser's original story. When, 80 years later, the Pennsylvania Edition first appeared, replete with scholarly apparatus, it was hailed from coast to coast as a literary event of major importance. The Pennsylvania Edition restored the 36,000 words that had been excised at the insistence of the author's wife, his publisher, and a friend.
This edition contains the complete, unexpurgated text, without the scholarly apparatus, plus a new introductory essay by Thomas P. Riggio.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Series
The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812216387
SKU
V9780812216387
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Dreiser, Theodore. Ed(S): West, James L. W., Iii
Thomas P. Riggio is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. James L. W. West III is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of many books, including American Authors and the Literary Marketplace since 1900, an expansion of his 1983 Rosenbach Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, available from ... Read more
Reviews for Sister Carrie
"In restoring Dreiser's masterpiece, the editors of the Pennsylvania Edition have given us more than a literary curiosity; like art historians cleaning a da Vinci fresco, they have uncovered the original glowing with an ancient newness."
Richard Lingeman, The Nation
"No work of such historical repute . . . has ever been republished with such major change. . ... Read more
Richard Lingeman, The Nation
"No work of such historical repute . . . has ever been republished with such major change. . ... Read more