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The responsibilities of the novelist, and other literary essays,, by Frank Norris

Label
The responsibilities of the novelist, and other literary essays,, by Frank Norris
Language
eng
Illustrations
portraits
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The responsibilities of the novelist, and other literary essays,
Oclc number
1392651
Responsibility statement
by Frank Norris
Table Of Contents
The responsibiities of the novelist. -- The true reward of the novelist. -- The novel with a "purpose". -- Story-tellers vs. novelists. -- The need of a literary conscience. -- A neglected epic. -- The frontier gone at last. -- The great American novelist. -- New York as a literary centre. -- The American public and "popular" fiction. -- Child stories for adults. -- Newspaper criticisms and American fiction. -- Novelists to order -- while you wait. -- The "nature" revival in literature. -- The mechanicis of fiction. -- Fiction writing as a business. -- The "volunteer manuscript". -- Retail bookseller: literary dictator. -- An American school of fiction? -- Novelists of the future. -- A plea for romantic fiction. -- A problem in fiction. -- Why women should write the best novels. -- Simplicity in art. -- Salt and sincerity. -- Bibliography, essays, articles, letters. -- Short stories. -- Poems published. -- Books published