"Clyde Griffiths -- An American Weenie --Review of 'An American Tragedy' (1925) by Theodore Dreiser"

[jordan179]

"Clyde Griffiths -- An American Weenie --

A Retro Review

of

An American Tragedy

(c) 1925

by

Theodore Dreiser"

(c) 2013

by

Jordan S. Bassior

Introduction:  Since this isn't speculative fiction, the whole review is going here rather than on Fantastic Worlds.  But do read Fantastic Worlds anyway, it's always fun!

Setting:  The American

Comments

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[nyninza]

Комплекс текстов перспективный, добавлю сайт в избранное.

[amycat1959]

I wish I'd had a time machine so I could've read this review 30 years ago when I was an English Lit. major. Clyde Griffiths' weenie-hood was a major part of my decision to take the bare minimum of coursework in such "modern novels". Were I a student today, I'd be tempted to print out copies of this and slip them into all the copies of Dreiser in the library, not to mention the Cliffs Notes for this book in the campus bookstore.

Especially liked your wondering how Clyde got Roberta preggers when he clearly had no balls... :-)

Low-Expectation Having Weenies.

[dreadedcandiru2]

What Dreiser and Clyde forgot is that if you plan on killing someone and she dies of an accident, you don't get a big cookie for chickening out. It's like how the parents in the 'comic' strip For Better Or For Worse expect a ticker-tape parade for actually feeding, clothing and housing their kids instead of turning them out into the street because they're bored with them.

Re: Low-Expectation Having Weenies.

[jordan179]

What Dreiser and Clyde forgot is that if you plan on killing someone and she dies of an accident, you don't get a big cookie for chickening out ...

And note: even when the boat upset and they were in the water, Clyde could have saved the day by saving Roberta. Had he done this, he still would have had all his original probles -- but no one would have accused him of murder.