Justice and self-interest two fundamental motives by Lerner, Melvin J., 1929-

Table of Contents: “…Bringing it closer to home: justice in another 'American tragedy'; 10. Emotional aftereffects: some negative consequences and thoughts on how to avoid them.…”
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American writers classics. Volume II

Table of Contents: “…All the king's men (Robert Penn Warren) -- An American tragedy (Theodore Dreiser) -- The autobiography of Alice B. …”
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Classics and cinema

Table of Contents: “…Winkler -- Tragic features in John Ford's The searchers / Martin M. Winkler -- An American tragedy: Chinatown / Mary-Kay Gamel -- 9 to 5 as Aristophanic comedy / James R. …”


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Justice and Self-Interest : Two Fundamental Motives. by Lerner, Melvin J., 1929-

Table of Contents: “…9 Bringing It Closer to Home: Justice in Another "American Tragedy"10 Emotional Aftereffects: Some Negative Consequences and Thoughts on How to Avoid Them; References; Author Index; Subject Index.…”
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A peculiar kind of immigrant's son by Troncoso, Sergio, 1961-

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Theodore Dreiser : beyond naturalism

Table of Contents: “…sons and the dynamics of shame in Theodore Dreiser's novels / Miriam Gogol -- Lacanian equivocation in Sister Carrie, The genius, and An American tragedy / Leonard Cassuto -- Philosophy: On language and the quest for self-fulfillment: a Heideggerian perspective on Dreiser's Sister Carrie / Paul A. …”


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The New American studies : essays from Representations

Table of Contents: “…Sundquist -- Sparing the rod : discipline and fiction in antebellum American / Richard H. Brodhead -- An American tragedy, or the promise of American life / Walter Benn Michaels -- Representing grief : Emerson's "experience" / Bodily bonds : the intersecting rhetorics of feminism and abolition / Karen Sanchez-Eppler -- "The gentle boy from the dangerous classes" : pederasty, domesticity, and capitalism in Horation Alger / Michael Moon -- Albums of war : on reading civil war photographs / Alan Trachtenberg -- The trope of a new negro and the reconstruction of the image of the black / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- "The sword became a flashing vision" : D.W. …”


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"The game as it is played" : essays on Theodore Dreiser by Pizer, Donald

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Firebrand : the life of Horace Liveright by Dardis, Tom

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Dreiser by Swanberg, W. A. (William Andrew), 1907-1992

Table of Contents: “…Book one: Indiana gothic -- On the Wabash -- On the move -- Convention -- A Waif amid forces -- Temptations -- Newspaperman -- Involvement -- Jerking about the world -- Book two: Marriage -- The Atom in New York -- Sister Carrie -- The Crack-up -- The Road back -- Fame and gold -- Book three: The Free-lance -- Jennie Gerhardt -- Europe on the worry basis -- Living on advances -- Chicago again -- The Village -- The "Genius" -- The Philistines -- Enthusiasms and disgusts -- Helen -- Going to seed -- Book four: An American tragedy -- Kite against the wind -- Chipping at rock -- Propinquity -- Success -- The Studio dream -- Book five: Russia -- An Innocent abroad -- Thursdays and other days -- Mr. …”


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Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present by Madrick, Jeffrey G.

Table of Contents: “…Tom Peters and Jack Welch, promises broken -- Michael Milken, "the magnificent" -- Alan Greenspan, ideologue -- George Soros and John Meriwether, fabulous wealth and controversial power -- Sandy Weill, king of the world -- Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Ken Lay, and Sandy Weill, decade of deceit -- Angelo Mozilo, the American tragedy -- Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, and Chuck Prince, collapse.…”


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Classical myth & culture in the cinema

Table of Contents: “…Winkler -- Eye of the camera, eye of the victim: Iphigenia by Euripides and Cacoyannis / Marianne McDonald -- Iphigenia: a visual essay / Michael Cacoyannis -- Tragic features in John Ford's The searchers / Martin M. Winkler -- An American tragedy: Chinatown / Mary-Kay Gamel -- Tricksters and typists: 9 to 5 as Aristophanic comedy / James R. …”


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The leisure ethic : work and play in American literature, 1840-1940 by Gleason, William A., 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Public space, private lives: Recreation and re-creation in An American Tragedy and Native Son ; 7. Southern counterpoint: Bodily control and the "problem" of leisure in Sanctuary amd Their Eyes Were Watching God -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The early worm by Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945

Table of Contents: “…A talk to young men -- The seed of revolt -- Paul Revere's ride -- Fascinating crimes -- Upsets -- An interview with Mussolini -- The Life Polar Expedition -- The saving Old-Ironsides habit -- A good old-fashioned Christmas -- Life in the Ritz tenement -- Old program from the Benchley Collection -- What college did to me -- An interview with Theodore Dreiser -- Fascinating crimes -- Louis Dot Dope -- The rise and fall of the Christmas card -- The henna decade -- A plan to stabilize the franc -- Sex is out -- Uncle Edith's ghost story -- Fascinating crimes -- The end of the season -- Exam time -- Throwing back the European offensive -- An interview with Vice-President Dawes -- The Life Polar Expedition -- A ghost story -- Discovering Weber and Fields -- Water football -- More songs for Meller -- Fascinating crimes -- The Life Polar Expedition -- An interview with the Countess karolyi -- The boys' camp business -- At last a substitute for snow -- The new wing -- Uncle Calvin's no-waste games -- The world of Grandpa Benchley -- The Life Polar Expedition -- How to start a supper club -- The new villainy -- Time-off from the show -- The Life Polar Expedition -- Spying on the vehicular tunnel -- Compiling an American tragedy -- Storm warnings for New York -- The Life Polar Expedition.…”

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The elusive child

Table of Contents: “…A Winnicottian view of an American tragedy / Richard Frankel -- Ch. 9. "I like my life, I just like my life": narratives of children of latency years / Amal Treacher -- Ch. 10. …”
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Fame to infamy : race, sport, and the fall from grace

Table of Contents: “…Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen -- Barry Bonds : Of Passion and Hostility / Lisa Doris Alexander -- Kirby Puckett : A Middle American Tragedy / Sherrie L. Wilson -- Don't Believe the Hype : The Racial Representation of Mike Tyson in Three Acts / Thabiti Lewis -- Lost in Translation : Voice, Masculinity, Race, and the 1998 Home Run Chase / Shelley Lucas -- Branch Rickey : Moral Capitalist / Robert F. …”
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Why Waco? : cults and the battle for religious freedom in America by Tabor, James D., 1946-

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Minds on trial : great cases in law and psychology by Ewing, Charles Patrick, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- Ralph Tortorici : a question of competence -- Mike Tyson : predicting violence of a professional fighter -- Daryl Atkins : mental retardation, decency, and the death penalty -- Andrea Yates : an American tragedy -- Michael Kantaras : what makes a man a man?…”


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Minds on trial great cases in law and psychology by Ewing, Charles Patrick, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- Ralph Tortorici : a question of competence -- Mike Tyson : predicting violence of a professional fighter -- Daryl Atkins : mental retardation, decency, and the death penalty -- Andrea Yates : an American tragedy -- Michael Kantaras : what makes a man a man?…”
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Thinking out loud : on the personal, the political, the public, and the private by Quindlen, Anna

Table of Contents: “…Justice for the next century ; The blank slate ; Listen to us ; An American tragedy ; The perfect victim ; The trouble with Teddy ; The invasion vacation ; Summer's soldiers ; New world at war.…”


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