Dreiser on the Web

by Roger W. Smith

3. Bibliographies

The main sources of Dreiser-related bibliographic material on the Internet are the web sites of the International Theodore Dreiser Society and the University of Pennsylvania Library’s DreiserWebSource. A web version of the standard Dreiser bibliography, Theodore Dreiser: A Primary Bibliography and Reference Guide, ed. Donald Pizer, Richard W. Dowell, and Frederic E. Rusch, is at present being posted at the University of Pennsylvania Library’s DreiserWebSource, with plans to update it at regular intervals. A limited amount of bibliographic material can also be found at the following sites.

AuthorSheets. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

http://www.clpgh.org/locations/humanities/authorsheets/dreiser.html . Provides a useful bibliography of critical works (that might otherwise be overlooked) in which Dreiser is discussed but is not the main subject.

The FictionMags Index.

http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/fictionmag/0start.htm . Provides publication information related to the first appearance of Dreiser’s fiction in magazines.

Reuben, Paul P. “Chapter 6: Late Nineteenth Century—Theodore Dreiser.” PAL: Perspectives in American Literature—A Research and Reference Guide.

http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap6/dreiser.html . A selected bibliography of works by and about Dreiser. Also includes a brief assessment of Dreiser’s work.

Online catalogues of major research libraries such as the New York Public Library http://catnyp.nypl.org/  also provide a means to assemble or check book publication details.

The web also offers a convenient means to buy out-of-print books by and about Dreiser using sites such as http://addall.com , http://alibiris.com , http://abebooks.com , http://half.com , and http://powells.com .