Esther Döringer
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Theodore Dreiser's 'dual approach' to nature and the city in "Sister Carrie"

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Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, Universität Erfurt, Veranstaltung: Reading Course: City and Literature, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: According to Giles, Theodore Dreiser s Sister Carrie set the model for the "dual approach" (24) to the literary description of the city: "From the beginning [with Dreiser s Sister Carrie], the diverse body of American urban fiction has projected a dual response to the city as the embodiment of fascination and promise and as a corrupt, even brutal landscape" (ibid. 35). Giles uses the term dual approach to point out that t...