Theodore Dreiser Program
Video Clip List
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| Clip # |
Start Time
| End Time
| Description
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| 1 |
00:00 |
2:09.5 |
Excerpt, what can be learned from history through Dreiser. |
| 2 |
2:09.9 |
3:21.7 |
How Dreiser's writings differed from earlier American writers. |
| 3 |
3:21.8 |
4:49.0 |
Social class structure. |
| 4 |
4:50.0 |
5:53.1 |
How Chicago reflects the ideas that Dreiser wrote about. |
| 5 |
5:53.8 |
6:36.9 |
Dreiser's political interests. |
| 6 |
7:35.6 |
8:56.5 |
Dreiser as a writer; who he influenced. |
| 7 |
8:56.7 |
10:34.4 |
Dreiser's background; his family.
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| 8 |
10:34.5 |
11:55.7 |
Dreiser's popularity. |
| 9 |
12:55.7 |
14:36.0 |
Relationship between Dreiser and Flaubert. |
| 10 |
15:14.2 |
15:43.3 |
Similarities between Madame Bovary and Sister Carrie. |
| 11 |
15:49.5 |
16:45.6 |
American Tragedy; movies based on American Tragedy. |
| 12 |
16:47.1 |
18:23.0 |
Why did Dreiser become a writer; first writing jobs. |
| 13 |
18:30.0 |
20:46.3 |
How Sister Carrie compares to The Great Gatsby. |
| 14 |
20:50.2 |
22:23.4 |
Plot outline of Sister Carrie. |
| 15 |
22:24.6 |
23:49.2 |
Phone call from Dreiser's secretary. |
| 16 |
24:11.9 |
25:18.9 |
Sister Carrie plot. |
| 17 |
25:21.3 |
27:49.7 |
Dreiser's resistance to popularity; controversy over the book. |
| 18 |
27:58.2 |
29:57.3 |
Naturalism, realism as they relate to Dreiser. |
| 19 |
29:57.7 |
30:24.6 |
1900 history |
| 20 |
30:31.9 |
31:57.5 |
Freedom of Speech |
| 21 |
32:12.7 |
37:05.0 |
Comparing Sister Carrie to Madame Bovary; the term "sister." |
| 22 |
37:11.7 |
39:58.4 |
Costs of living in 1900; what it says about society; women in the workplace. |
| 23 |
40:35.4 |
43:52.9 |
Dreiser's texts being used in English classes. |
| 24 |
43:53.0 |
44:35.5 |
Concept of being a "writers writer." |
| 25 |
44:36.4 |
49:09.5 |
New York Times obituary by H.L. Mencken. |
| 26 |
45:14.1 |
46:07.1 |
Historical facts on Chicago, 1900. |
| 27 |
46:09.1 |
48:42.5 |
Marx Brothers referencing Dreiser; American Tragedy in popular culture. |
| 28 |
48:51.0 |
50:43.5 |
Peter Alter, Historian; Artifacts from stock yards. |
| 29 |
50:59.4 |
52:55.1 |
Labor industry; working conditions; women workers.
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| 30 |
53:06.1 |
56:49.9 |
African-American migration to Chicago; Dreiser's writings on African-Americans. |
| 31 |
56:59.2 |
59:27.2 |
Political correctness in his writing; anti-Semitic; communism.
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| 32 |
59:28.2 |
1:02:37 |
Dreiser's books being banned in Germany; anti-Semitism. |
| 33 |
1:02:46 |
1:04:56 |
Dreiser's upbringing in Indiana; his mother and father. |
| 34 |
1:04:57 |
1:06:02 |
Terre Haute, IN; On the Banks of the Wabash. |
| 35 |
1:06:03 |
1:06:51 |
Dreiser's themes in novels; the use of his brother. |
| 36 |
1:06:59 |
1:09:47 |
Haymarket riots
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| 37 |
1:09:48 |
1:10:53 |
Pioneer Locomotive. |
| 38 |
1:11:18 |
1:13:49 |
Accuracy of social conditions; women in workplace.
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| 39 |
1:13:51 |
1:14:35 |
The Chicago Group of writers. |
| 40 |
1:14:40 |
1:17:25 |
Naturalism contrasted with realism.
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| 41 |
1:20:42 |
1:23:52 |
Biographical information on Theodore Dreiser. |
| 42 |
1:24:41 |
1:25:36 |
Causes that interested Dreiser.
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| 43 |
1:25:37 |
1:27:22 |
IWW; Workers rights.
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| 44 |
1:27:23 |
1:28:26 |
The red scare; The Palmer raids. |
| 45 |
1:28:26 |
1:29:27 |
Effects of the raids on Dreiser. |
| 46 |
1:29:28 |
1:30:02 |
Dreiser goes to Russia. |
| 47 |
1:30:21 |
1:33:04 |
Dreiser's other writings; Hoosier Holiday. |
| 48 |
1:33:08 |
1:34:24 |
Dreiser's feelings on Marxism. |
| 49 |
1:35:32 |
1:37:29 |
Louise Dresser. |
| 50 |
1:37:30 |
1:38:02 |
Dreiser's view of the theatre as a medium. |
| 51 |
1:38:07 |
1:40:57 |
Theme of religion in Sister Carrie. |
| 52 |
1:40:57 |
1:42:55 |
Text excerpt; immigration.
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| 53 |
1:42:56 |
1:43:34 |
Dreiser's own family |
| 54 |
1:43:36 |
1:48:51 |
Tedi Dreiser-Godard; My Uncle Theodore
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| 55 |
1:51:03 |
1:53:12 |
How Dreiser is seen in Indiana |
| 56 |
1:53:11 |
1:54:59 |
Other Chicago writers |
| 57 |
1:55:12 |
1:56:57 |
Artifacts from the Newberry Library |
| 58 |
1:56:58 |
1:57:38 |
What can be learned from reading Dreiser |
| 59 |
1:57:40 |
1:59:43 |
Floyd Dell |
| 60 |
1:59:44 |
2:00:34 |
Newberry Library |
| 61 |
2:00:57 |
2:03:40 |
Dreiser's relationship with Arthur Henry |
| 62 |
2:030:45 |
2:05:20 |
Different versions of Sister Carrie; Arthur Henry's influence over the novel |
| 63 |
2:05:35 |
2:07:11 |
Dreiser's plays |
| 64 |
2:08:43 |
2:09:41 |
H.L. Mencken; why he liked Dreiser |
| 65 |
2:09:42 |
2:11:02 |
Emma Goldman |
| 66 |
2:11:05 |
2:12:39 |
Historical perspective on Chicago; How Carrie sees Chicago |
| 67 |
2:12:40 |
2:16:51 |
Why Sister Carrie was almost never published
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| 68 |
2:18:11 |
2:21:00 |
Jennie Gerhardt not a realism novel; characterization of Dreiser when American Tragedy was published
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| 69 |
2:21:05 |
2:23:39 |
Relationship with H.L. Mencken |
| 70 |
2:23:41 |
2:25:32 |
Political causes that interested Dreiser; "transitional writer" |
| 71 |
2:25:35 |
2:26:14 |
Excerpt from Sister Carrie |
| 72 |
2:26:17 |
2:29:18 |
Dreiser's popularity today |
| 73 |
2:29:25 |
2:30:46 |
Closing thoughts on Dreiser |
| 74 |
2:30:50 |
2:31:56 |
Dreiser's epitaph; his grave; burial site |
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