A NOTE ON AUTHORSHIP AND THE TEXT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION xiii
5. A NOTE ON AUTHORSHIP AND THE TEXT xxiii
6. PART ONE THE WRITER AND HIS CRAFT
7. The Training of the Novelist 3
8. Life, Not Literature" 19
9. The Mechanics of Fiction 45
10. Definitions 69
11. PART TWO THE WRITER AND SOCIETY
12. The Responsibilities of the Novelist 81
13. The Novelist as American 99
14. Popular Fiction 125
15. PART THREE THE WRITER AS BUSINESSMAN
16. INTRODUCTION 135
17. PART FOUR REVIEWS
18. INTRODUCTION 159
19. STEPHEN CRANE'S STORIES OF LIFE IN THE SLUMS: MAGGIE AND GEORGES MOTHER 164
20. PART FIVE SALT AND SINCERITY
21. INTRODUCTION 193
22. Bibliographical Note 235
23. Checklist of Norris' Literary Criticism 237
24. INDEX 241