Novels and essays
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New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States, [1986].
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Book
ISBN
0940450402, 9780940450400, 0521324858, 9780521324854
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1,232 pages ; 21 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bristol (Rogers Free) - Adult Non-Fiction | 813.4 NOR | On Shelf |
East Providence (Weaver) - Adult Non-Fiction | 813.4 Nor | On Shelf |
Middletown - Adult Fiction | NOR | On Shelf |
Portsmouth - Adult Fiction | NOR | On Shelf |
Providence Public - Level 2 Book Stacks | 810.8 N85n | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States, [1986].
Language
English
ISBN
0940450402, 9780940450400, 0521324858, 9780521324854
Notes
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"Donald Pizer wrote the notes and selected the texts for this volume"--Preliminary page.
Description
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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Norris, F., & Pizer, D. (1986). Novels and essays . Literary Classics of the United States.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 and Donald. Pizer. 1986. Novels and Essays. Literary Classics of the United States.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 and Donald. Pizer. Novels and Essays Literary Classics of the United States, 1986.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Norris, Frank, and Donald Pizer. Novels and Essays Literary Classics of the United States, 1986.
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