| Harbingers of a Century: The Novels of Frank Norris Contributor(s): Hussman, Lawrence E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820441120 ISBN-13: 9780820441122 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - History | United States - 20th Century - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 813.4 |
| LCCN: 98025586 |
| Series: Modern American Literature, |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Harbingers of a Century: The Novels of Frank Norris" represents a major reassessment of the California writer's long fiction. Lawrence E. Hussman argues persuasively that Norris should be viewed as a life-long philosophical materialist who developed an existential ethic of love for -another- and compassion for -the other.- His novels rehearse many of the themes of Norris's American fiction-writing successors, including desire and disillusionment in national context. Along the way, Hussman proves to be a knowledgeable guide through the thicket of previous Norris criticism." |