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.
| ISBN: | 9780820441122 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 1999 |
| Author: | Lawrence E Hussman |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Modern American Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 History of the Americas Social and political philosophy |