Frank Norris (1) (1870–1902)
Auteur van McTeague: A Story of San Francisco
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Fotografie: By Unknown - Frank Norris from The Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Berkeley, Ca. [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2154995
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Werken van 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 exemplaren
The Pit: The Epic of the Wheat / A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West (1903) 5 exemplaren
The Essential Frank Norris: The Octopus, A Story of California: The Pit, a Story of Chicago: McTeague, A Story of San… (2009) 4 exemplaren
A Novelist in the Making: A Collection of Student Themes and the Novels Blix and Vandover and the Brute (1970) 4 exemplaren
Grettir at Thorhall-Stead 3 exemplaren
The Third Circle and Other Stories 2 exemplaren
The Complete Edition of Frank Norris: Vol VI - (I) A Man's Woman (II) Yvernelle: A Legend of Feudal France 2 exemplaren
The Complete Edition of Frank Norris: Vol VII - (I) The Responsibilities of the Novelist (II) The Joyous Miracle 2 exemplaren
The Complete Works of Frank Norris 2 exemplaren
The Third Circle, A deal in Wheat 1 exemplaar
Articles and Sketches 1 exemplaar
Uncollected Short Stories 1 exemplaar
Collected Writings 1 exemplaar
The Complete Edition Frank Norris: Vol X - Collected Writings: Hitherto Unpublished In Book Form 1 exemplaar
The Octopus, Volume II 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Norris, Frank
- Officiële naam
- Norris, Benjamin Franklin
- Geboortedatum
- 1870-03-05
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1902-10-25
- Graflocatie
- Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- peritonitis
- Woonplaatsen
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Opleiding
- Harvard University (BA|1895)
University of California, Berkeley
Académie Julian - Beroepen
- writer
journalist - Relaties
- Norris, Charles G. (brother)
- Organisaties
- Phi Gamma Delta
Skull & Keys - Korte biografie
- 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).
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