( )possessed none of the usual aids to a writer's career: no mon

( )possessed none of the usual aids to a writer's career: no money, no friend in power, no formal education worthy of mention, no family tradition in letters.
A、Theodore Dreiser
B、Henry James
C、W. D. Howells
D、Nathaniel Hawthorne
【正确答案】:A
【题目解析】:本题考查的是德莱塞的生平文学成就。西奥多·德莱塞是美国现代小说的先驱,但他在成为作家的职业道路上没有得到任何帮助:没有钱,没有掌权的朋友,没有值得提及的正规教育,没有家族传承。代表作品有Sister Carrie《嘉莉妹妹》(1900)。