Frank Norris (1) (1870–1902)
Autore di Una storia di San Francisco (McTeague)
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Sull'Autore
Considered one of the leading pioneers in American Naturalism, Frank Norris is read and studied for his vivid and honest depiction of life at the beginning of a lusty and developing new century. Born in Chicago, he moved to San Francisco with his well-to-do family when he was 14 and went on to mostra altro attend the University of California and Harvard University before becoming a war correspondent in South Africa and Cuba. His early apprentice work consisted mostly of rather unremarkable adventure stories, but with the long-gestating McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (1899), he struck a new note. That powerful study of avarice in a seedy section of the Bay Area may well be Norris's masterpiece. The Octopus (1901), the first of Norris's projected Epic of the Wheat series, deals with the raising of wheat in California and the struggle of ranchers against the railroads, while The Pit (1903) is a novel about speculation on the Chicago wheat exchange. Unfortunately, Norris died suddenly after an operation for appendicitis. Like Stephen Crane, a writer with whom Norris is frequently compared, Norris died too young to fulfill his considerable promise, but he has more than held his own ground among turn-of-the-century writers whose works have lived. One reason may be that he took his craft as a writer seriously, as is shown by his posthumously published Responsibilities of the Novelist and Other Literary Essays (1903) and The Literary Criticism of Frank Norris, edited by Donald Pizer. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: By Unknown - Frank Norris from The Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Berkeley, Ca. [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2154995
Serie
Opere di Frank Norris
The Complete Edition of Frank Norris: Vol III - (I) Blix (II) Moran of the Lady Letty: A Story of Adventure off the… (1899) 8 copie
The Pit: The Epic of the Wheat / A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West (1903) 5 copie
The Essential Frank Norris: The Octopus, A Story of California: The Pit, a Story of Chicago: McTeague, A Story of San… (2009) 4 copie
A Novelist in the Making: A Collection of Student Themes and the Novels Blix and Vandover and the Brute (1970) 4 copie
Grettir at Thorhall-Stead 3 copie
Articles and Sketches 1 copia
Uncollected Short Stories 1 copia
Collected Writings 1 copia
The Complete Edition Frank Norris: Vol X - Collected Writings: Hitherto Unpublished In Book Form 1 copia
The Octopus, Volume II 1 copia
Opere correlate
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps (2009) — Collaboratore — 264 copie
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Collaboratore — 258 copie
The Rivals of Dracula: Stories from the Golden Age of Gothic Horror (2015) — Collaboratore — 20 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Norris, Frank
- Nome legale
- Norris, Benjamin Franklin
- Data di nascita
- 1870-03-05
- Data di morte
- 1902-10-25
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di morte
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Causa della morte
- peritonitis
- Luogo di residenza
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Istruzione
- Harvard University (BA|1895)
University of California, Berkeley
Académie Julian - Attività lavorative
- writer
journalist - Relazioni
- Norris, Charles G. (brother)
- Organizzazioni
- Phi Gamma Delta
Skull & Keys - Breve biografia
- Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901) and The Pit (1903).
Utenti
Discussioni
The Octopus Place in Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (Ottobre 2009)
Recensioni
McTeague (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels) di Frank Norris
Probably not a bad read for its time but it hasn't aged well. Simplistic and very sad depiction of a couple's self-induced deterioration and collapse.
This is a book about what greed does to people. McTeague was raised by a miner in poverty conditions; he takes off with an itinerant dentist where he learns dentistry and settles in the late 1800's in San Francisco and builds up a practice. He meets Trina who right before they are married wins a $5000 lottery prize. He met Trina through her cousin, Marcus, who lived in McTeague's apartment building. Marcus was somewhat in love with Trina but "gives her over" to McTeague. The marriage is happy at first, but Trina refuses to use any of the $5000 and becomes ever more miserly. The greedier she becomes, things begin to fall apart. The marriage is eventually over, McTeague loses his position, and the ending is about as grim as it gets. A book about the stupidity, greed, and selfishness of humans.
A pretty good story, but the narrative is dated with long sentences, too much detail, etc.… (altro)
A pretty good story, but the narrative is dated with long sentences, too much detail, etc.… (altro)
A reread for me, but I got so much more out of it this time around. The characterization was entertaining: McTeague the brute and his wife Trina, Maria and Zerkow... these characters seemed to live their lives"like a candle in the wind," as Elton John would say. Motivated by greed, they fairly drive themselves towards self-destruction. The ending gave me a visual that I'll recall when remembering this book.
I read this on Stephen King's suggestion in On Writing. It was wonderfully unusual. Brutal and sort of funny and unexpected. It felt like Steinbeck meets Hardy, before tumbling into Cormac McCarthy territory.
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- Opere
- 46
- Opere correlate
- 12
- Utenti
- 3,501
- Popolarità
- #7,265
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 56
- ISBN
- 423
- Lingue
- 5
