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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog alternative "Works. Selections. 1986".
- catalog contributor b692737.
- catalog contributor b692738.
- catalog contributor b692739.
- catalog contributor b692740.
- catalog contributor b692741.
- catalog created "c1986.".
- catalog date "1986".
- catalog date "c1986.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1986.".
- catalog 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.".
- catalog description "Vandover and the brute -- McTeague -- The octopus -- Essays.".
- catalog extent "1232 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Novels and essays.".
- catalog identifier "0940450402 (alk. paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Novels and essays.".
- catalog isPartOf "Library of America ; 33".
- catalog issued "1986".
- catalog issued "c1986.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Library of America ; distributed by Viking Press,".
- catalog relation "Novels and essays.".
- catalog spatial "California".
- catalog subject "813/.4 19".
- catalog subject "American essays 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Norris, Frank, 1870-1902.".
- catalog subject "PS2471 1985".
- catalog subject "Railroads California Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Wheat trade California Fiction.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Vandover and the brute -- McTeague -- The octopus -- Essays.".
- catalog title "Novels and essays / Frank Norris.".
- catalog title "Works. Selections. 1986".
- catalog type "text".