tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4240743826558998492..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: something else in life besides concertinas and steam beer - McTeague, Frank Norris's novel of Zola in San FranciscoAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-89163873563725806272017-02-11T09:55:21.684-06:002017-02-11T09:55:21.684-06:00You might be interested in looking at the McTeag...You might be interested in looking at the <i>McTeague</i> critical edition sometime - it includes some interesting short pieces by Norris on Zola.<br /><br />This goes something beyond influence - open imitation!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3810741603007220982017-02-11T00:47:20.814-06:002017-02-11T00:47:20.814-06:00Love your comparison to Zola, one of my favorite w...Love your comparison to Zola, one of my favorite writers whom I find criminally under appreciated. I also think Germinal must have influence Steinbeck when he wrote The Grapes of Wrath. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-37372048862137811712017-02-08T10:14:01.353-06:002017-02-08T10:14:01.353-06:00Back when I watched a lot of movies, I never came ...Back when I watched a lot of movies, I never came across a copy of <i>Greed</i>. I would love to see it someday.<br /><br />The urban / rural split is strange, but 19th century California was strange, and Norris is using the strangeness, the modern, big city at the edge of an enormous wilderness.<br /><br />Fortunately dentistry has advanced enormously since 1890. Heck, since 1990.<br /><br />Although <i>McTeague</i> is the most violent 19th century American novel I know, setting aside <i>Moby-Dick</i>, there is still a lot of restraint. The worst scene - and it is pretty bad - is hidden behind a break, a fade-to-black. Even Norris doesn't think we need to see that for ourselves.<br /><br />McCarthy would have treated the event rather differently. Loving close ups.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-183446668355335332017-02-08T09:26:32.954-06:002017-02-08T09:26:32.954-06:00I'm planning to finally read L'assomoir, s...I'm planning to finally read L'assomoir, so this was most interesting and the setting appeals as well. I'm just a bit worried by the Cormac McCarthy comparison. I'm squeamish these days.Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22469185057061646342017-02-08T09:17:18.201-06:002017-02-08T09:17:18.201-06:00Yes! I hadn't thought of it, but you are right...Yes! I hadn't thought of it, but you are right when you point to the Cormac McCarthy ending. The rural v. urban split in the novel struck me as strange when I read it in college. Now, because of you, I have this _Blood Meridian_ comparison stuck in my mind! And I just remembered that I have a dentist appointment in a couple of weeks. Yikes!RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29995811808176851832017-02-08T00:19:50.635-06:002017-02-08T00:19:50.635-06:00I've had this on my shelf waiting to read for ...I've had this on my shelf waiting to read for a while – will pull it down! The Erich von Stroheim <em>Greed</em> is worth seeing – I think there's a three-hour cut on DVD?dan viselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13123725075329735300noreply@blogger.com