W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 1981 The women in "Sister Carrie" Mary Jackson Lutz College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the American Literature Commons Recommended Citation Lutz, Mary Jackson, "The women in "Sister Carrie"" (1981). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539625137. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-51xx-m490 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE WOMEN IN SISTER CARRIE A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of English The College of William and Mary in Virginia In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Mary Jackson _Lutz 1981 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Approved, August 1981 Walter P. Wenska Scott Donaldson Thomas J . Travlsjano ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The writer wishes to thank Professor Walter Wenska for his perceptive criticism and her husband Jacob for his support. ABSTRACT In the fall of 1900, after a contractual disagreement between Theodore Dreiser and Doubleday, Page and Company, Sister Carrie finally appeared before the American public. The publication of his first novel was not a victory for Theodore Dreiser, however, for the reviews were generally unfavorable and publishers refused to see him, believing that he had written a "dirty" book.