Frank Norris and American naturalism / by Donald Pizer.

Author/creator Pizer, Donald
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2018.
Descriptionpages cm
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Subjects
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902--Criticism and interpretation.
Naturalism in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.

Contents 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 The octopus -- Collis P. Huntington, William S. Rainsford, and the conclusion of Frank Norris's The octopus.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2018027329
ISBN9781783088027 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1783088028 (Hbk)

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