It is with Moran of the Lady Letty in 1898 that most studies begin, and it is the six novels that followed to which the lion's share of scholarly attention has been given. The Wave writings, which are the focal point of this dissertation, have been neglected, despite the fact that they have frequently been noted as a repository for many of the ideas he would later use and develop more fully in his novels and literary criticism. The main problem may be simply stated: there is no complete text of Norris' Wave writings available. / It is the primary purpose of this dissertation to provide a sizeable portion of Frank Norris' Wave writings the ninety four pieces published in 1896. The research to that end began with a consideration of eight prior bibliographical listings of Norris' contributions. / An examination of these eight bibliographies revealed that all forty nine of Norris' signed works have been accounted for. Regarding works attributed to Norris, only those works for which adequate evidence could be provided have been attributed. Toward that end the Wave issues of Volume 15 (on microfilm provided by the Bancroft Library of Berkeley) have been closely examined to confirm or reject attributions to Norris that have been made and they have also been searched for possible new attributions. The present study identifies five pieces not acknowledged by previous scholars. The evidence for these attributions is extensively detailed in the "Notes" section following the "Text." Having arrived at a defensible canon of the 1896 writings the second step has been to provide an accurate diplomatic transcription of the ninety-four signed and unsigned attributions. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, Section: A, page: 0179. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75738 |
| Contributors | MEZZINA, FRANCIS MARK., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 601 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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