{"product_id":"mcteague-by-frank-norris-9780393970135","title":"McTeague","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContexts focuses on the novel's sources and composition. Included are newspaper accounts of a San Francisco murder, a description of Norris' Polk Street neighbourhood, which figures prominently in \u003cem\u003eMcTeague\u003c\/em\u003e, an examination of the relationship between the novel and naturalism, and a discussion of the book's genesis, from its origin as a Harvard assignment to Norris's revision of it upon his return to San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCriticism has been revised to include major recent assessments of the novel. Two seminal pieces from the previous edition have been retained—Ernest Marchand's account of \u003cem\u003eMcTeague\u003c\/em\u003e's 1899 reviews and Donald Pizer's essay on naturalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSix essays and four stills from Erich von Stroheim's film version of \u003cem\u003eMcTeague\u003c\/em\u003e are new. The new essays are by Don Graham, William E. Cain, Barbara Hochman, James L. Caron, Mary Lawlor, and Donna M. Campbell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Chronology and an updated Selected Bibliography are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853274108140,"sku":"9780393970135","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6782233482328.jpg?v=1759194469","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/mcteague-by-frank-norris-9780393970135","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}