1871-1945

Examines the life and art of twentieth-century Canadian artist Emily Carr, featuring selections from Carr's own writings, commentary, and examples of her work.

Literary Masterpieces is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Topics and Literary Masters). Each Literary Masterpieces volume chooses a book by one of the authors covered in Literary Masters and offers a discussion of themes, characters, comparisons with social events of the era when the book was written and a critical analysis. Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie, written in 1900, broke with the tradition of the time of sentimental romance in favor of a realistic approach. The novel shocked its publisher, the critics and the public with its themes of the rejected family, the struggle against poverty, the desire for wealth, the illusion of limitless opportunity and the conflict between personal desire and conventional restraint. In many ways, Carrie's story anticipates the radical change in social values that took place in twentieth-century America.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Theodore Dreiser grew up in dysfunctional family with an overly strict, religious father and a mother who could always find "the silver lining". As a result, many of Dreiser's novels signal the diminished role of religious belief among most Americans at the time (1911-1940).

Chronicles the life of author Theodore Dreiser, placing his literary achievements in the context of his life and explaining why his writings and personal life made him one of the more controversial figures of the early twentieth century.

A fictionalized account of the art classes taught during the early 1900s by the Northwest Coast painter Emily Carr.