In which ways do Dreiser¿s "Sister Carrie" and "The White...
Meding, Frieda von![In which ways do Dreiser¿s "Sister Carrie" and "The White City" at the 1893 Great Columbian Exposition dramatise the tensions of American modernity?](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/123/12314209/CHSBZCOP0312314209.jpg)
Essay aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Before discussing in what way and with what results Theodore Dreiser's novel Sister Carrie(1900) and The White City at the 1893 Great Columbian Exposition dramatise the tensions of American modernity, it is necessary to define the term modernity. As Davies argues'"Modernity" is a term which is notoriously difficult to define, '1 however, he suggests...