Jennie Gerhardt: New Essays on the Restored Text Book

	Introduction
1	Janus-Faced Jennie	3
2	The Biographical Significance of Jennie Gerhardt	9
3	Jennie Gerhardt: Naturalism Reconsidered	17
4	Chill History and Rueful Sentiments in Jennie Gerhardt	27
5	Jennie One-Note: Dreiser's Error in Character Development	43
6	Dreiser's Ideal of Balance	51
7	Triangulating Desire in Jennie Gerhardt	63
8	Jennie Gerhardt: A Spencerian Tragedy	77
9	Jennie Through the Eyes of Thorstein Veblen	91
10	Labor and Capital in Jennie Gerhardt	103
11	Dreiser and the Genteel Tradition	115
12	"Housework Is Never Done": Domestic Labor in Jennie Gerhardt	127
13	Self-Sacrifice and Shame in Jennie Gerhardt	136
14	Jennie, Maggie, and the City	147
15	Jennie Gerhardt and the Dream of the Pastoral	157
16	How German Is Jennie Gerhardt?	167
17	Samuel E. [G]ross: Dreiser's Real Estate Magnate	183
18	The Hotel World in Jennie Gerhardt	194
19	Death and Dying in Jennie Gerhardt	208
	Checklist: Criticism of the 1911 Text	219
	Contributors	221
	Index	223