Frank Norris

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human naturalist writer novelist

Frank Norris was an American novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for his naturalistic works such as "McTeague" and "The Octopus," which explored the harsh realities of American life and capitalism.

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Frank Norris canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
naturalist writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
activeYearsInLiterature 1890s ⓘ
early 1900s ⓘ
burialPlace Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
causeOfDeath peritonitis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
coveredConflict Second Boer War ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1870-03-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1902-10-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
employer Doubleday & McClure Company ⓘ
McClure's Magazine ⓘ
San Francisco Wave ⓘ
familyName Norris ⓘ
fullName Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. ⓘ
genre naturalist fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
influenced American naturalist writers ⓘ
influencedBy naturalism ⓘ
Émile Zola ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement literary naturalism ⓘ
name Frank Norris self-link ⓘ
notableWork Blix ⓘ
McTeague ⓘ
Moran of the Lady Letty ⓘ
The Octopus: A Story of California ⓘ
The Pit: A Story of Chicago ⓘ
Vandover and the Brute ⓘ
notedFor critique of monopolies and railroad power in the American West ⓘ
vivid, often brutal depictions of human behavior ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
war correspondent ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
positionHeld war correspondent in South Africa ⓘ
setIn Old West ⓘ
surface form: American West

California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
spouse Jeannette Black ⓘ
studiedAt Académie Julian ⓘ
workFocus conflict between individuals and economic forces ⓘ
effects of capitalism ⓘ
harsh realities of American life ⓘ

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Émile Zola → influenced → Frank Norris ⓘ
Frank Norris → name → Frank Norris self-link ⓘ
McTeague → author → Frank Norris ⓘ
The Octopus: A Story of California → author → Frank Norris ⓘ
The Pit: A Story of Chicago → author → Frank Norris ⓘ
The Pit: A Story of Chicago → completedBy → Frank Norris ⓘ
Vandover and the Brute → author → Frank Norris ⓘ
Blix → author → Frank Norris ⓘ
Moran of the Lady Letty → author → Frank Norris ⓘ
San Francisco Wave → employed → Frank Norris ⓘ
Doubleday & McClure Company → notableAuthorPublished → Frank Norris ⓘ
Naturalism → hasKeyFigure → Frank Norris ⓘ
subject surface form: Naturalism (literature)