Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleCommemorative Impulses in the "Heart of America": Kansas City, the Great War, and Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.AuthorsDodman, Trevor; Campion, CoreyAbstractAn examination of Dreiser's Kansas City as Kansas City reveals an extended ironic commentary on postwar commemorative impulses that foregrounded unity, glory, and victory in the very midst of an era marked by unrest, grief, and violence.SubjectsWORLD War I; DREISER, Theodore, 1871-1945; HEARTPublicationAmerican Literary History, 2024, Vol 36, Issue 2, p413ISSN0896-7148Publication typeArticleDOI10.1093/alh/ajae037