MCTEAGUE

  Two seminal pieces from the previous edition have been retained--Ernest Marchand's account of McTeague's 1899 reviews and Donald Pizer's essay on naturalism. Six essays and foustills from Erich yon Stroheim's film version of McTeague are new.

  Frank Norris's McTeague is a significant example of American literary naturalism as well as a cornmentary on turn-of-the-century American cultural values. This revised Norton Critical Edition is again based on the 1899 first edition text and is fully annotated.

  "Contexts" focuses on the novel's sources and composition. Included are newspaper accounts of a San Francisco murder; a description of Norris's Polk Street neighborhood (which figures prominently in McTeague); 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.

  "Criticism" 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 McTeague's 1899 reviews and Donald Pizer's essay on naturalism. Six essays and foustills from Erich yon Stroheim's film version of McTeague are new.The new essays are by Don Graham, William E. Cain, Barbara Hochman, James L. Caron, Mary. Lawlor, and Donna M. Campbell.

  A Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included.