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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"McTeague"”.
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Fluid Sexualities in Frank Norris's McTeague
Frank Norris's novel McTeague can be read as an intense reflection on the limitations of language surrounding fluid sexualities in late-nineteenth century America. Through a queer theoretical lens, I examine the ways in which Norris collapses his characters and narrative in order to demonstrate …
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"What shall we use to fill the empty spaces?": Displacement in Frank Norris's McTeague
<p>Author's abstract: McTeague, Frank Norris's Naturalistc text written in 1899, depicts the corruption of a California couple due to influences outside of their control. In positioning Trina McTeague as a woman unable to identify with either of the two major feminine ideologies of the day, the …
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"America Beckons, Americans Repel": Nativism, Racial Stereotypes, and the Naturalistic Impulse in Frank Norris's McTeague
… in which Frank Norris's naturalism in his novel McTeague is at once compromised and sustained by his use of racial stereotypes. I begin by defining the term "nativism," and go on to clarify Norris's relationship to the nativist movement in America. I also suggest that Norris relies on racial …
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Photoredox activation of SF₆ for fluorination, on-demand automated titration of organometallic reagents in continuous flow, and progress toward an enantioselective synthesis of bedaquiline
Chapter 1: Photoredox Activation of SF₆ for Fluorination [chemical formula] We report the first practical use of SF₆ as a fluorinating reagent in organic synthesis. Photoredox catalysis enables the in situ conversion of SF6, an inert gas, into an active fluorinating species using visible light and …