Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and sometimes a novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Story of California (1901), and The Pit (1903). (Information from Wikipedia)
Articles in Western American Literature:
From Fields of Wheat to Fields of Value: The Energy Unconscious of The Octopus
McTeague as Metafiction?: Frank Norris’ Parodies of Bret Harte and the Dime Novel
Parody and Dark Projections: Medieval Romance and the Gothic in McTeague
Vandover and the Brute: The Decisive Experience of Loss
The Genesis of the Rapist in The Octopus: Frank Norris’s Revision of Vandover and the Brute
Ambivalent Warriors in The Octopus
Frank Norris’s Western Metropolitans
The Real Vanamee and His Influence On Frank Norris’ The Octopus
McTeague: The Imagistic Network
Frank Norris’ Literary Terminology: A Note On Historical Context
Beneficial Atavism in Frank Norris and Jack London
An Undiscovered Early Review of Norris’ Octopus
The Western Naturalism of Frank Norris
