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Rereading Jack London

Leonard Cassuto,Jeanne Campbell Reesman
Rereading Jack London Book PDF

Author : Leonard Cassuto,Jeanne Campbell Reesman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0804735166

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Rereading Jack London by Leonard Cassuto,Jeanne Campbell Reesman Pdf

Jack London has long been recognized as one of the most colorful figures in American literature. He is America’s most widely translated author (into more than eighty languages), and although his works have been neglected until recently by academic critics in the United States, he is finally winning recognition as a major figure in American literary history. The breadth and depth of new critical study of London’s work in recent decades attest to his newfound respectability. London criticism has moved beyond a traditional concerns of realism and naturalism as well as beyond the timeworn biographical focus to engage such theoretical approaches as race, gender, class, post-structuralism, and new historicism. The range and intellectual energy of the essays collected here give the reader a new sense of London’s richness and variety, especially his treatment of diverse cultures. Having in the past focused more on London’s personal "world,” we are now afforded an opportunity to look more closely at his art and the numerous worlds it uncovers.

Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters

Jack London
Jack London s Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters Book PDF

Author : Jack London
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0826337910

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Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters by Jack London Pdf

"Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters" is set in the romantic and dangerous South Seas and illustrated with the original artwork and several maps.

Jack London's Racial Lives

Jeanne Campbell Reesman
Jack London s Racial Lives Book PDF

Author : Jeanne Campbell Reesman
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820339702

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Jack London's Racial Lives by Jeanne Campbell Reesman Pdf

Jack London (1876-1916), known for his naturalistic and mythic tales, remains among the most popular and influential American writers in the world. Jack London's Racial Lives offers the first full study of the enormously important issue of race in London's life and diverse works, whether set in the Klondike, Hawaii, or the South Seas or during the Russo-Japanese War, the Jack Johnson world heavyweight bouts, or the Mexican Revolution. Jeanne Campbell Reesman explores his choices of genre by analyzing racial content and purpose and judges his literary artistry against a standard of racial tolerance. Although he promoted white superiority in novels and nonfiction, London sharply satirized racism and meaningfully portrayed racial others--most often as protagonists--in his short fiction. Why the disparity? For London, racial and class identity were intertwined: his formation as an artist began with the mixed "heritage" of his family. His mother taught him racism, but he learned something different from his African American foster mother, Virginia Prentiss. Childhood poverty, shifting racial allegiances, and a "psychology of want" helped construct the many "houses" of race and identity he imagined. Reesman also examines London's socialism, his study of Darwin and Jung, and the illnesses he suffered in the South Seas. With new readings of The Call of the Wild, Martin Eden, and many other works, such as the explosive Pacific stories, Reesman reveals that London employed many of the same literary tropes of race used by African American writers of his period: the slave narrative, double-consciousness, the tragic mulatto, and ethnic diaspora. Hawaii seemed to inspire his most memorable visions of a common humanity.

The Oxford Handbook of Jack London

Jay Williams,James W. Williams
The Oxford Handbook of Jack London Book PDF

Author : Jay Williams,James W. Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199315178

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The Oxford Handbook of Jack London by Jay Williams,James W. Williams Pdf

"With his novels, journalism, short stories, political activism, and travel writing, Jack London established himself as one of the most prolific and diverse authors of the twentieth century. Covering London's biography, cultural context, and the various genres in which he wrote, The Oxford Handbook of Jack London is the definitive reference work on the author" --

Reading and Interpreting the Works of Jack London

Stephanie Buckwalter
Reading and Interpreting the Works of Jack London Book PDF

Author : Stephanie Buckwalter
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766084919

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Reading and Interpreting the Works of Jack London by Stephanie Buckwalter Pdf

Jack London’s stories of adventure in the early twentieth century captured the imagination of the American public. As he ventured around the United States and the globe, he documented his adventures through his writing. Through excerpts and critical analysis, readers will examine London’s most famous works (The Call of the Wild, “To Build a Fire”), which are dramatic and compelling stories of man versus nature and versus himself. Other works explore the human condition, particularly the plight of the poor and working class. An examination of the autobiographical nature of many of London’s stories gives the reader a unique insight into the interaction between a writer’s world and his work.

Jack London

Earle Labor
Jack London Book PDF

Author : Earle Labor
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466863163

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Jack London by Earle Labor Pdf

A revelatory look at the life of the great American author—and how it shaped his most beloved works Jack London was born a working class, fatherless Californian in 1876. In his youth, he was a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling West Coast—an oyster pirate, a hobo, a sailor, and a prospector by turns. He spent his brief life rapidly accumulating the experiences that would inform his acclaimed bestselling books The Call of theWild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf. The bare outlines of his story suggest a classic rags-to-riches tale, but London the man was plagued by contradictions. He chronicled nature at its most savage, but wept helplessly at the deaths of his favorite animals. At his peak the highest paid writer in the United States, he was nevertheless forced to work under constant pressure for money. An irrepressibly optimistic crusader for social justice and a lover of humanity, he was also subject to spells of bitter invective, especially as his health declined. Branded by shortsighted critics as little more than a hack who produced a couple of memorable dog stories, he left behind a voluminous literary legacy, much of it ripe for rediscovery. In Jack London: An American Life, the noted Jack London scholar Earle Labor explores the brilliant and complicated novelist lost behind the myth—at once a hard-living globe-trotter and a man alive with ideas, whose passion for seeking new worlds to explore never waned until the day he died. Returning London to his proper place in the American pantheon, Labor resurrects a major American novelist in his full fire and glory.

Selected Works of Jack London

Jack London
Selected Works of Jack London Book PDF

Author : Jack London
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645174240

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Selected Works of Jack London by Jack London Pdf

A collectible volume of Jack London’s stories. From hard-edged adventures in the Klondike territory to harrowing experiences on the South Seas, Jack London’s three most popular novels form the basis of this collection. Popular short stories round out this volume that will be a treasured addition to any home library. You’ll enjoy hours of reading infused with the romance, hopes, and frustrations of one of the world’s most widely read authors.

The South Pacific Narratives of Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London

Lawrence Phillips
The South Pacific Narratives of Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London Book PDF

Author : Lawrence Phillips
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441173386

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The South Pacific Narratives of Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London by Lawrence Phillips Pdf

From 1888 to 1915 Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London were uniquely placed to witness and record the imperial struggle for the South Pacific. Engaging the major European colonial empires and the USA, the struggle questioned ideas of liberty, racial identity and class like few other arenas of the time. Exploring a unique moment in South Pacific and Western history through the work of Stevenson and London, this study assesses the impact of their national identities on works like The Amateur Emigrant and Adventure; discusses their attitudes towards colonialism, race and class; shows how they negotiated different cultures and peoples in their writing and considers where both writers are placed in the Western tradition of writing about the Pacific. By contextualizing Stevenson's and London's South Pacific work, this study reveals two critical voices of late nineteenth-century and early 20th-century colonialism that deserve to stand beside their contemporary Joseph Conrad in shaping contemporary attitudes towards imperialism, race, and class.

Jack London

Kenneth K. Brandt
Jack London Book PDF

Author : Kenneth K. Brandt
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781789143881

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Jack London by Kenneth K. Brandt Pdf

Jack London (1876–1916) lived a life of excess by conventional standards. Daring, outspoken, politically radical, amazingly imaginative, and emotionally complicated, the author of literary classics such as The Call of the Wild and The Sea-Wolf emerges in Kenneth K. Brandt’s new biography as a vital and flawed embodiment of conflicting yearnings. London’s exuberant energies propelled him out of the working class to become a world-famous writer by the age of twenty-seven—after stints as a child laborer, an oyster pirate, a Pacific seaman, and a convict. He wrote extensively about his travels to Japan, the Yukon, the slums of London’s East End, Korea, Hawaii, and the South Seas. Swiftly paced, intellectually engaging, and richly dramatic, London’s writings—bolstered by their wildly clashing philosophical viewpoints derived from thinkers like Nietzsche, Marx, and Darwin—continue to engross readers with their depictions of primal urges, raw sensations, and reformist politics.

Jack London, Enhanced Ebook

Cecelia Tichi
Jack London Enhanced Ebook Book PDF

Author : Cecelia Tichi
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781469622675

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Jack London, Enhanced Ebook by Cecelia Tichi Pdf

Jack London (1876-1916) found fame with his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North, but Cecelia Tichi challenges the long-standing view of London as merely a mass-market producer of potboilers. A onetime child laborer, London led a life of poverty in the Gilded Age before rising to worldwide acclaim for stories, novels, and essays designed to hasten the social, economic, and political advance of America. In this major reinterpretation of London's career, Tichi examines how the beloved writer leveraged his written words as a force for the future. Tracing the arc of London's work from the late 1800s through the 1910s, Tichi profiles the writer's allies and adversaries in the cities, on the factory floor, inside prison walls, and in the farmlands. Thoroughly exploring London's importance as an artist and as a political and public figure, Tichi brings to life a man who merits recognition as one of America's foremost public intellectuals. This enhanced e-book edition of Jack London features significant archival motion picture footage. Eight ebook enhancements take readers into the motion-picture world of Jack London's 1900s--to the very sights that impacted his bestselling writings. Readers get front row seats to the terrifying San Francisco earthquake of 1906, to the Hawaiian beachfront where London first saw the Waikiki "surf riders," to ringside where prizefighters battled for championships. These and other historic film footage clips make this an ebook for the twenty-first century.

From Coast to Coast with Jack London (Classic Reprint)

Leon Ray Livingston
From Coast to Coast with Jack London Classic Reprint Book PDF

Author : Leon Ray Livingston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0265270421

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From Coast to Coast with Jack London (Classic Reprint) by Leon Ray Livingston Pdf

Excerpt from From Coast to Coast With Jack London There is a dark side to a tramp's life: for every mile stolen on trains, there is one escape from a horrible death; for each mile of beautiful scenery and food in plenty, there are many weary miles of hard walking with no food or even water through mountain gorges and over parched des erts; for each warm summer night, there are ten bitter-cold, long winter nights; for every kindness, there are a score of unfriendly acts. A tramp is constantly hounded by the minions of the law; is shunned by all humanity, and never knows the meaning of home and friends. To tell the truth, the Road is a pitiful exist ence all the way through, and what is the end? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Jack London, Stories of Adventure

Jack London
Jack London Stories of Adventure Book PDF

Author : Jack London
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1256256893

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Jack London, Stories of Adventure by Jack London Pdf

A collection of adventure stories by Jack London.

A Study Guide for Jack London's The Call of the Wild

Gale, Cengage Learning
A Study Guide for Jack London s The Call of the Wild Book PDF

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410335562

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A Study Guide for Jack London's The Call of the Wild by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Jack London's "The Call of the Wild," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Approaches to Teaching the Works of Jack London

Kenneth K. Brandt,Jeanne Campbell Reesman
Approaches to Teaching the Works of Jack London Book PDF

Author : Kenneth K. Brandt,Jeanne Campbell Reesman
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603291811

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Jack London by Kenneth K. Brandt,Jeanne Campbell Reesman Pdf

A prolific and enduringly popular author--and an icon of American fiction--Jack London is a rewarding choice for inclusion in classrooms from middle school to graduate programs. London's biography and the role played by celebrity have garnered considerable attention, but the breadth of his personal experiences and political views and the many historical and cultural contexts that shaped his work are key to gaining a nuanced view of London's corpus of works, as this volume's wide-ranging perspectives and examples attest. The first section of this volume, "Materials," surveys the many resources available for teaching London, including editions of his works, sources for his photography, and audiovisual aids. In part 2, "Approaches," contributors recommend practices for teaching London's works through the lenses of socialism and class, race, gender, ecocriticism and animal studies, theories of evolution, legal theory, and regional history, both in frequently taught texts such as The Call of the Wild, "To Build a Fire," and Martin Eden and in his lesser-known works.

Victory

Joseph Conrad
Victory Book PDF

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Abused women
ISBN : UOM:39015030734480

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Victory by Joseph Conrad Pdf

Set in the islands of the Malay Archipelago, Victory tells the story of a disillusioned Swede, Axel Heyst, who rescues Lena, a young English musician, from the clutches of a brutish German hotel owner. Seeking refuge at Heyst's remote island retreat on Samburan, the couple is soon besieged by three villains dispatched by the enraged hotelier. The arrival on the island paradise of this trio of fiends sets off a terrifying series of events that ultimately ends in catastrophe.