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- catalog abstract "Although world-famous for his novels Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt, Theodore Dreiser was also highly accomplished in journalism, autobiography, and travel writing. In 1919, having recently accepted the publishing contract of a new publisher, Dreiser proposed to publish a "book of characters" that would collect twelve biographical sketches of individuals who were major influences on Dreiser, both as a man and as a writer. The resulting narratives combine the best attributes of the character sketch, the autobiography, and the short story into miniature masterpieces of prose. The men profiled in Twelve Men are a diverse and colorful group: from Dreiser's equally famous brother, the song-writer Paul Dreiser's ("My Brother Paul"), to the entirely obscure railroad foreman Michael Burke ("The Mighty Rourke"), on whose work crew Dreiser had labored in 1903. The twelve narratives are compelling portraits of the men portrayed, but they also reveal many insights into Dreiser's own life and work.".
- catalog alternative "12 men".
- catalog contributor b10654178.
- catalog contributor b10654179.
- catalog coverage "United States Biography.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Although world-famous for his novels Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt, Theodore Dreiser was also highly accomplished in journalism, autobiography, and travel writing. In 1919, having recently accepted the publishing contract of a new publisher, Dreiser proposed to publish a "book of characters" that would collect twelve biographical sketches of individuals who were major influences on Dreiser, both as a man and as a writer. The resulting narratives combine the best attributes of the character sketch, the autobiography, and the short story into miniature masterpieces of prose. The men profiled in Twelve Men are a diverse and colorful group: from Dreiser's equally famous brother, the song-writer Paul Dreiser's ("My Brother Paul"), to the entirely obscure railroad foreman Michael Burke ("The Mighty Rourke"), on whose work crew Dreiser had labored in 1903. The twelve narratives are compelling portraits of the men portrayed, but they also reveal many insights into Dreiser's own life and work.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Peter -- A doer of the word -- My brother Paul -- The country doctor -- Culhane, the solid man -- A true patriarch -- De Maupassant, Jr. -- The village feudists -- Vanity, vanity -- The mighty Rourke -- A mayor and his people -- W.L.S.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 441 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0812233638 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. Works. Selections. 1988".
- catalog isPartOf "The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser edition".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "920/.073 21".
- catalog subject "Character sketches.".
- catalog subject "PS3507.R55 T9 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Peter -- A doer of the word -- My brother Paul -- The country doctor -- Culhane, the solid man -- A true patriarch -- De Maupassant, Jr. -- The village feudists -- Vanity, vanity -- The mighty Rourke -- A mayor and his people -- W.L.S.".
- catalog title "12 men".
- catalog title "Twelve men / Theodore Dreiser ; edited by Robert Coltrane.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".