Theodore Dreiser wrote "An American Tragedy"; Philip Roth, "The Great American" this
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author who is knowledgeable ... 1925: Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy; 
1932: William Faulkner's Light in August; 1936: William Faulkner's Absalom,... [DOC] [TLE] Go Giants - The New Yorker [PAR] Apr 21, 2014 ... A new survey of the Great American Novel.