Frank Norris (1) (1870–1902)
Auteur de Les rapaces
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Frank Norris, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Crédit image: By Unknown - Frank Norris from The Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Berkeley, Ca. [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2154995
Séries
Œuvres de 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 exemplaires
The Pit: The Epic of the Wheat / A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West (1903) 5 exemplaires
The Essential Frank Norris: The Octopus, A Story of California: The Pit, a Story of Chicago: McTeague, A Story of San… (2009) 4 exemplaires
A Novelist in the Making: A Collection of Student Themes and the Novels Blix and Vandover and the Brute (1970) 4 exemplaires
Grettir at Thorhall-Stead 3 exemplaires
The Third Circle and Other Stories 2 exemplaires
The Complete Edition of Frank Norris: Vol VI - (I) A Man's Woman (II) Yvernelle: A Legend of Feudal France 2 exemplaires
The Complete Edition of Frank Norris: Vol VII - (I) The Responsibilities of the Novelist (II) The Joyous Miracle 2 exemplaires
The Complete Works of Frank Norris 2 exemplaires
The Third Circle, A deal in Wheat 1 exemplaire
Articles and Sketches 1 exemplaire
Uncollected Short Stories 1 exemplaire
Collected Writings 1 exemplaire
The Complete Edition Frank Norris: Vol X - Collected Writings: Hitherto Unpublished In Book Form 1 exemplaire
The Octopus, Volume II 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps (2009) — Contributeur — 264 exemplaires
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Contributeur — 258 exemplaires
The Haves & Have Nots: 30 Stories About Money & Class In America (1999) — Contributeur — 33 exemplaires
The Rivals of Dracula: Stories from the Golden Age of Gothic Horror (2015) — Contributeur — 20 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Norris, Frank
- Nom légal
- Norris, Benjamin Franklin
- Date de naissance
- 1870-03-05
- Date de décès
- 1902-10-25
- Lieu de sépulture
- Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lieu du décès
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Cause du décès
- peritonitis
- Lieux de résidence
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Études
- Harvard University (BA|1895)
University of California, Berkeley
Académie Julian - Professions
- writer
journalist - Relations
- Norris, Charles G. (brother)
- Organisations
- Phi Gamma Delta
Skull & Keys - Courte biographie
- 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).
Membres
Discussions
The Octopus Place à Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (Octobre 2009)
Critiques
Listes
AP Lit (2)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 46
- Aussi par
- 12
- Membres
- 3,501
- Popularité
- #7,265
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 56
- ISBN
- 423
- Langues
- 5
Ce roman est une description quasi clinique de l'ascension modeste et du déclin rapide d'un arracheur de dents autoproclamé dentiste qui exerce ses talents dans les quartiers modestes de San Francisco à l'orée du XXème siècle. Par ailleurs, nous y croisons le destin de Trina, sa future épouse qu'un hasard à la tombola rendra riche (relativement) mais qui sombrera cependant dans une avarice maladive. Cette maladie sociale est d'ailleurs admirablement décrite par Norris à travers les autres protagonistes du roman.
Le style est sobre, d'une efficacité terrible. Ce roman est à découvrir et à garder comme une pépite d'or.… (plus d'informations)