Donald Pizer

Frank Norris and American Naturalism

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Produktbeschreibung

'Frank Norris and American Naturalism' brings together in one volume Donald Pizer's essays on the writings of Frank Norris. The essays as a whole seek to demonstrate both the coherence of Norris's thought and his contribution toward the establishment of a distinctive form of naturalism in America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781783088027
• ISBN-10: 1783088028
• Artikelnr.: 52417161

Autorenporträt

Donald Pizer has had a distinguished career as a critic and editor of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American literature and as an interpreter of the history and nature of American literary naturalism. Among his most well-known works are Realism and Naturalism in Late Nineteenth Century American Literature and The Theory and Practice of American Literary Naturalism. Pizer's books about Frank Norris include a critical study The Novels of Frank Norris and editions of The Literary Criticism of Frank Norris and McTeague; he has also edited the Library of America volume, Frank Norris: Novels and Essays.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Editorial Note and Acknowledgments
Criticism
Introduction: The Literary Criticism of Frank Norris
Frank Norris's Definition of Naturalism
Frank Norris and the Frontier as Popular Idea in America
Vandover and the Brute and McTeague Evolutionary Ethical Dualism in Frank Norris's
Vandover and the Brute and McTeague
McTeague and American Naturalism
The Problem of Philosophy in the Novel
The Biological Determinism of McTeague in Our Time
Frank Norris's McTeague : Naturalism as Popular Myth
The Popular Novels
The Masculine- Feminine Ethic in Frank Norris's Popular Novels
The Octopus
Another Look at The Octopus
The Concept of Nature in Frank Norris's The Octopus
Synthetic Criticism and Frank Norris: Or, Mr. Marx, Mr. Taylor and Th e Octopus
Collis P. Huntington, William S. Rainsford and the Conclusion of Frank Norris's The Octopus
Index.