The Literary Criticism of Frank Norris by Pizer, Donald -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Preface Contents Introduction A Note on Authorship and the Text Part One: The Writer and His Craft

The Training of the Novelist

Introduction The “English Courses” of the University of California Frank Norris’ Weekly Letter (June 8, 1901) Novelists of the Future: The Training They Need Novelists To Order—While You Wait

“Life, Not Literature”

The Mechanics of Fiction

Introduction The Modern Short Story Fiction Is Selection Frank Norris’ Weekly Letter (July 13, 1901) A Problem in Fiction: Truth Versus Accuracy The Mechanics of Fiction Simplicity in Art Story-Tellers vs. Novelists

Definitions

Introduction Zola as a Romantic Writer Frank Norris’ Weekly Letter (August 3, 1901) A Plea for Romantic Fiction

Part Two: The Writer and Society

The Responsibilities of the Novelist

Introduction The True Reward of the Novelist The Need of a Literary Conscience The Novel with a “Purpose” The Responsibilities of the Novelist

The Novelist as American

Introduction “The Literature of the West”: A Reply to W. R. Lighton An American School of Fiction? A Denial The Frontier Gone at Last The National Spirit as It Relates to the “Great American Novel” A Neglected Epic The Great American Novelist

Popular Fiction

Introduction The American Public and “Popular” Fiction Child Stories for Adults

Part Three: The Writer As Businessman

Introduction The Unknown Author and the Publisher The “Volunteer Manuscript”: Plain Talk to the Ambitious Amateur Fiction Writing as a Business Retail Bookseller: Literary Dictator Newspaper Criticisms and American Fiction

Part Four: Reviews

Part Five: Salt and Sincerity

Introduction I (May, 1902) II (June, 1902) III (July, 1902) IV (August, 1902) V (September, 1902) VI (October, 1902)

Bibliographical Note Checklist of Norris’ Literary Criticism Index