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...

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1. Verfasser:	Norris, Frank 1870-1902 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Literary Classics of the United States 1986
Ausgabe:	2. print.
Schriftenreihe:	The Library of America 33
Schlagworte:	Norris, Frank > 1870-1902 Geschichte 1900-2000 American essays > 20th century Railroads > California > Fiction Wheat trade > California > Fiction Roman
Zusammenfassung:	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.
Beschreibung:	Enth. u.a.: Vandover and the brute. McTeague
Beschreibung:	1232 S.
ISBN:	0940450402