Deconstructing Frank Norris's Fiction: The Male-female DialecticP. Lang, 1998 - 131 pages Frank Norris, a contemporary of such famous American authors as Jack London and Theodore Dreiser, has long been grouped with them into the category of naturalism. Only recently have these writers been examined outside the confinements of this category. This study expands on the view of Norris as more romantic than naturalist by discussing the natural man and refined woman types in his works. West also connects Norris and his novels to Carl Jung's archetypes of the Great and Terrible Mother and the punishing Superego-like Father. |
Contents
Yin and Yang at the Turn of the Century | 1 |
Frank Norris and His Time | 25 |
Fathers and Sons | 55 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Post-Jungian Criticism: Theory and Practice James S. Baumlin,Tita French Baumlin,George H. Jensen Limited preview - 2004 |