Theodore Dreiser wrote "An American Tragedy"; Philip Roth, "The Great American" this
| PBS NewsHour [PAR] Sep 11, 2014 ... William Carlos Williams, "The Great American Novel" (1923) Willa Cather, "The 
Professor's House" (1925) Theodore Dreiser, "An American Tragedy" (1925) .... 
Philip Roth, "Goodbye, Columbus" (1959) ..... Could it be that the greatest 
literature of our day is being written by corporations and government... [DOC] [TLE] Great American Novel - Revolvy [PAR] It is presumed to be written by an American author who is knowledgeable about 
... 1925: Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy; 1932: William Faulkner's Light 
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