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Author Norris, Frank, 1870-1902.

Title Novels and essays / Frank Norris.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States : [1986]
Distributed by Viking Press, [1986]
©1986

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Description 1232 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Library of America ; [33]
Library of America ; 33.
Note "Donald Pizer wrote the notes and selected the texts for this volume"--Preliminary page.
Contents Vandover and the brute -- McTeague -- The octopus -- Essays -- Theory and reality -- Zola as a romantic writer -- The "English Courses" of the University of California -- An opening for novelists -- Fiction is selection -- Perverted tales -- Frank Norris' weekly letter (June 22, 1901) -- Frank Norris' weekly letter (August 3, 1901 -- Frank Norris' weekly letter (August 24, 1901 -- The true reward of the novelist -- Novelists of the future -- The need of a literary conscience -- The mechanics of fiction -- A plea for romantic fiction -- Fiction writing as a business -- "The literature of the West" -- The great American novelist -- The frontier gone at last -- Story-tellers vs. novelists -- The novel with a "purpose" -- A neglected epic -- The responsibilities of the novelist.
Summary In his brief career -- he died at 32 -- Frank Norris introduced fresh and sometimes shocking elements into American fiction. Inspired by the naturalistic "new novel" developed in France by Zola and Flaubert, he adapted it to American settings, adding his own taste for exciting action and a fascination with the emerging sciences of economics and psychology. Vandover and the brute, set in a vividly described San Francisco, captures with harsh realism the dissipation and decline of a fashionable playboy into virtual bestiality. McTeague (source for Erich von Stroheim's classic film Greed) was a radical departure for its time in its frank treatment of sex, domestic violence and pathological obsession, revealing the dark underside of San Francisco's new middle class. The octopus depicts the epic struggle of strong, ruthless California ranchers with the railroad monopoly and its political machine. Twenty-two essays address theories of literature, the state of American fiction, and the social responsibilities of the artist. The New York Times said, "An opportunity to read, or re-read, in an authentic new edition, the work of one of the trailblazers in American literature.
Subject Norris, Frank, 1870-1902.
Wheat trade -- California -- Fiction.
Railroads -- California -- Fiction.
American essays -- 20th century.
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. (OCoLC)fst00051873
American essays. (OCoLC)fst00807040
Railroads. (OCoLC)fst01088711
Wheat trade. (OCoLC)fst01174458
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
Norris, Frank 1870-1902 (DE-588)118588702
Roman (DE-588)4050479-7
Norris, Frank.
Roman.
American literature.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Added Author Pizer, Donald.
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. Vandover and the brute.
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. McTeague.
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. Octopus.
Added Title Works. Selections. 1986
Other Form: Online version: Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. Selections. 1986. Novels and essays. New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States : Distributed by Viking Press, ©1986 (OCoLC)561352346
Online version: Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. Selections. 1986. Novels and essays. New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States : Distributed by Viking Press, ©1986 (OCoLC)608170439
ISBN 0940450402 (alk. paper)
9780940450400 (alk. paper)
0521324858
9780521324854
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