 | Mechanism and Mysticism: The Influence of Science on the Thought and Work of Theodore Dreiser Subjects: Dreiser Theodore 1871–1945 -- Knowledge -- Science; Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Science in literature; In Mechanism and Mysticism , Louis J. Zanine provides the first full-length study of Theodore Dreiser's interest in modern scientific research and of the impact of scientific ideas on the thought and work of a writer who would gain fame as a deterministic naturalist, but who would end his life as a mystic pantheist. Louis J. Zanine taught History and American Studies at Westbrook College. |
