McTeague
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McTeague by Frank Norris
McTeague (1899) chronicles the demise of a San Francisco couple at the end of the nineteenth century. Inspired by an actual crime that was sensationalized in the San Francisco papers, it tells the story of charlatan dentist McTeague, his wife Trina, and their spiralling descent into moral corruption. Norris is often considered to be the `American Zola', and this is one of the most purely naturalistic American novels of the nineteenth century. With its compelling portrayal of human nature at its most basic level, McTeague is a gripping and passionate tale of greed, degeneration and death. It is also one of the first major works of literature to set in California, and it provided the story for Erich von Stroheim's classic of the silent screen, Greed . This book is intended for undergraduates studying the Naturalist novel or American literature.
Norris, Frank: -
Frank Norris (1870-1902), American novelist, was born in Chicago. He first studied art but turned to journalism; while a reporter he was involved in the Jameson raid in South Africa. Influenced by Zola, he was one of the first American naturalist writers, his major novel being McTeague (1899).
SKU | GOR003473289 |
ISBN 13 | 9780192823564 |
ISBN 10 | 0192823566 |
Title | McTeague |
Author | Frank Norris |
Condition | very good |
Binding type | Paperback |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Year published | 1995-11-01 |
Number of pages | 371 |
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