A novelist in the making : a collection of student themes and the novels Blix and Vandover and the brute
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Works. 1970 Selections.
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Norris, Frank, 1870-1902,
Contributors
Hart, James D. 1911-1990, editor.
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. Blix.
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. Vandover and the brute.
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PS2471 .H37 1970
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LC Subjects
American fiction -- 19th century.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Criticism and interpretation.
Families -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Manners and customs -- Fiction.
Norris, Frank, -- 1870-1902 -- Authorship.
Novels.
Suicide -- Fiction.
OCLC Fast Subjects
American fiction
Authorship
Fiction
Manners and customs
Norris, Frank, -- 1870-1902 -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJm98b9wgQY6hF7kghPPcP
Novels
Other Subjects
Familles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mœurs et coutumes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
novels.
Roman américain -- 19e siècle.
Romans.
Suicide -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Écrivains américains -- 19e siècle -- Critique et interprétation.

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xi, 596 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references.
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BAL,15059
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Blix is an autobiographical novel in which the main character Condy Rivers gets his story ideas from Captain Jack. An excerpt reads, "Bessemer was one of those men who seem entirely disassociated from their families. Only on rare and intense occasions did his paternal spirit or instincts assert themselves. At table he talked but little. Though devotedly fond of his eldest daughter, she was a puzzle and a stranger to him. His interests and hers were absolutely dissimilar. The children he seldom spoke to but to reprove; while Howard, the son, the ten-year-old and terrible infant of the household, he always referred to as "that boy."
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Written circa 1894-95 but published posthumously in 1914, Frank Norris's Vandover and the Brute presents an unflinching portrait of unconventional sexuality, moral dissolution, and physical degeneration. In the setting of turn-of-the-century San Francisco depicted in Vandover, disaster encompasses far more than the vivid accounts of shipwreck or earthquake that appear in the novel. The slow wasting away of characters who contract syphilis, the suicide of a young girl, and the murder of a man clinging to a lifeboat fascinate readers today as much as they did a century ago, when this scandalous novel was first published. The most complete wreck is Vandover himself, whose artistic talents and constitution collapse after orgies of drink and sexual abandon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Norris, F., Hart, J. D. 1., & Norris, F. (1970). A novelist in the making: a collection of student themes and the novels Blix and Vandover and the brute . Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Norris, Frank, 1870-1902, James D. 1911-1990, Hart and Frank Norris. 1970. A Novelist in the Making: A Collection of Student Themes and the Novels Blix and Vandover and the Brute. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Norris, Frank, 1870-1902, James D. 1911-1990, Hart and Frank Norris. A Novelist in the Making: A Collection of Student Themes and the Novels Blix and Vandover and the Brute Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1970.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Norris, F., Hart, J. D. 1. and Norris, F. (1970). A novelist in the making: a collection of student themes and the novels blix and vandover and the brute. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Norris, Frank, James D. 1911-1990 Hart, and Frank Norris. A Novelist in the Making: A Collection of Student Themes and the Novels Blix and Vandover and the Brute Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1970.

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