McTeague by Frank Norris

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McTeague by Frank Norris

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Regular price £5.30
Condition - very good
3 in stock
Summary

Written in 1899, this novel concerns the charlatan dentist McTeague, his wife Trina, and their spiralling descent into moral corruption. It is a tale of greed, degeneration and death, which is considered one of the most naturalistic American novels of the 19th century.

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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
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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