Download or read book The Radical Jack London written by Jack London and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This splendid volume does more than reinstate Jack London as a leading voice of the American cultural left. Jonah Raskin documents how London struggled to reconcile his political and his personal desires, creating memorable art but failing to save himself. One of the world's most popular writers comes alive, in all his passion and agony."—Michael Kazin, author of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan "Interest in Jack London never flags. This first-rate anthology places London at the epicenter of the American radical tradition."—Kevin Starr, University of Southern California "In this well conceptualized anthology, Jonah Raskin has resurrected works that have been unavailable for decades, making The Radical Jack London a very timely presence for the twenty-first century. Raskin's own writing is forceful and engaging, and he is unblinkingly honest about London as person and as writer, never succumbing to romanticizing or whitewashing the picture of either."—H. Bruce Franklin, John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies, Rutgers University "Jack London always knew how to bang a righteous drum of social indignation, and in The Radical Jack London he can make your heart pound even today."—Paul Berman, author of Power and the Idealists and editor of Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems
Download or read book Jack London an American Radical written by Carolyn Johnston and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1984 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revolution and Other Essays written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack London was a Socialist at heart, having been born into the working class and rising through hard work to be one of the most successful writers in the world. Though it was that system that made him rich, he had disdain for capitalism in general. His stories told of rugged individualism, but he believed in socialism. This book contains 13 short essays that convey those beliefs.
Download or read book Jack London s Racial Lives written by Jeanne Campbell Reesman and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Yours for the Revolution Jack London an Annotated Bibliography of the Radical Writings of Jack London written by Kent E. Pettey and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jack London Collection written by Jack London and published by E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books. This book was released on 2024-01-21 with total page 8554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Excellent Collection brings together Jack London's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Fiction Books. These Books created and collected in Jack London's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. His most famous works include "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang", both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen". London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, workers' rights, socialism, and eugenics. He wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé "The People of the Abyss", "War of the Classes", and "Before Adam". This Collection included: 1. A Daughter of the Snows 2. The Call of the Wild 3. The Sea-Wolf 4. The Game 5. White Fang 6. The Iron Heel 7. Martin Eden 8. Burning Daylight 9. Adventure 10. The Scarlet Plague 11. A Son of the Sun 12. The Valley of the Moon 13. The Mutiny of the Elsinore 14. The Jacket (The Star-Rover) 15. The Little Lady of the Big House 16. Jerry of the Islands 17. Michael, Brother of Jerry 18. Before Adam 19. The Son of the Wolf 20. Children of the Frost 21. Tales of the Fish Patrol 22. Lost Face 23. South Sea Tales 24. The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii 25. Smoke Bellew 26. The Turtles of Tasman 27. On the Makaloa Mat 28. The Road 29. John Barleycorn 30. When God Laughs and Other Stories 31. Dutch Courage and Other Stories 32. The Human Drift and Other Stories 33. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke 34. Love of Life and Other Stories 35. The Red One 36. The Night-Born 37. War of the Classes 38. The Faith of Men 39. The Strength of the Strong 40. Moon-Face and Other Stories 41. A Thousand Deaths 42. Up The Slide 43. The Sundog Trail 44. The Acorn-Planter 45. Theft 46. The People of the Abyss 47. Revolution and Other Essays 48. The Cruise of the Snark
Download or read book Jack London written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack London's most inspired political texts, collected in one volume. Even a century after his death, Jack London remains one of America's most iconic authors. Born poor, and rising to become America's first millionaire writer, London was the living embodiment of the American Dream. His very life illustrated for many the limitless possibilities available to every man, woman and child living in America's capitalist society. What is often overlooked in these reminiscences, though, is the disdain London harbored for capitalism throughout his adult life. Before he wrote the stories that made him famous, before his rugged adventures on the sea, Jack London was an avowed socialist. Jack London: The Socialist Writings represents the most comprehensive collection of London's political texts available. This volume contains the full texts of London's most significant socialist works. In The People of the Abyss, London documents the deplorable conditions faced by England's poverty-stricken population. War of the Classes highlights the repeated failings of America's unchecked capitalism at the turn of the twentieth century. In Revolution and Other Essays, London is at his political best: thought provoking, witty, and inspiring as he argues for a transition from capitalism to a socialist economy. Also included are eight of London's most astute short essays, chronicling three decades of a maturing political philosophy: "What Socialism Is," "Laws Direct from Voters," "The Principles of the Republican Party," "The Economics of the Klondike," "The Apostate," "War," "Resignation from the Glen Ellen Socialist Party," and "Foreword to Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist." Here we see the development of London's socialist thought from his days as Oakland's orating "boy socialist" until weeks before his death. This book is required reading for anyone interested in the life and work of Jack London.
Download or read book Jack London the Paths Men Take written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts Jack London photographer beautifully juxtaposing his worldwide famous literature with his incredible photographs.
Download or read book Wolf written by James L. Haley and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning western historian James L. Haley paints a vivid portrait of Jack London--adventurer, social reformer, and the most popular American writer of his generation
Download or read book Jack London written by Robert Barltrop and published by London : Pluto Press ; [New York : available from Urizen Books]. This book was released on 1976 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revolution and Other Essays written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-24 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack London was an American author who wrote some of the most famous novels of the early 20th century. London wrote on a variety of topics and is still one of the most read authors today. Many of his works were set during the Klondike Gold Rush, and his most popular titles are The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf.
Download or read book Revolution and Other Essays written by Jack London and published by Namaskar Book. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Jack London in thought-provoking discussions on social revolution and the dynamics of change in Revolution and Other Essays. Revolution and Other Essays by Jack London: Immerse yourself in the thought-provoking world of Jack London with Revolution and Other Essays. In this collection of essays, London explores a wide range of topics, from the socio-political landscape of his time to the philosophical underpinnings of his revolutionary ideas. With incisive wit and unflinching honesty, London's words resonate with a timeless urgency that challenges readers to question the status quo. Why This Book? Revolution and Other Essays is a powerful exploration of the human condition and society's potential for transformation. Jack London's impassioned essays continue to inspire those who seek to challenge the norms and envision a more just world. Jack London, a prolific American author and social activist, is renowned for his adventurous novels like The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Revolution and Other Essays showcases London's intellectual prowess and his unwavering commitment to the pursuit of justice.
Download or read book The Call of the Wild written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jack London written by Earle Labor and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book American Scream written by Jonah Raskin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-04-07 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms, Howl touched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This first full critical and historical study of Howl brilliantly elucidates the nexus of politics and literature in which it was written and gives striking new portraits of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Drawing from newly released psychiatric reports on Ginsberg, from interviews with his psychiatrist, Dr. Philip Hicks, and from the poet's journals, American Scream shows how Howl brought Ginsberg and the world out of the closet of a repressive society. It also gives the first full accounting of the literary figures—Eliot, Rimbaud, and Whitman—who influenced Howl, definitively placing it in the tradition of twentieth-century American poetry for the first time. As he follows the genesis and the evolution of Howl, Jonah Raskin constructs a vivid picture of a poet and an era. He illuminates the development of Beat poetry in New York and San Francisco in the 1950s--focusing on historic occasions such as the first reading of Howl at Six Gallery in San Francisco in 1955 and the obscenity trial over the poem's publication. He looks closely at Ginsberg's life, including his relationships with his parents, friends, and mentors, while he was writing the poem and uses this material to illuminate the themes of madness, nakedness, and secrecy that pervade Howl. A captivating look at the cultural climate of the Cold War and at a great American poet, American Scream finally tells the full story of Howl—a rousing manifesto for a generation and a classic of twentieth-century literature.
Download or read book How I Became a Socialist written by Jack London and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-06-10 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How I Became a Socialist" is a 1903 essay by Jack London. John Griffith "Jack" London (1876 - 1916) was an American journalist, novelist, and social activist. He was amongst the first writers of fiction to receive international acclaim and earn a large fortune from their work. London was also a member of the radical literary group "The Crowd", as well as a vehement advocate of socialism. Other notable works by this author include: "White Fang" (1906), "Before Adam" (1907), and "The Iron Heel" (1908). This fascinating treatise explores the idea of socialism and the reasons for London's advocacy, making is a must-read for those with an interest in his his life and mind. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality addition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Download or read book Revolution and Other Essays 1909 by written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although best known for his adult fiction, Jack London wrote in almost every corner available from verse to first person investigations of the plight of the poor to biographies to essays. Table of Contents: Revolution - The Somnambulists - The Dignity of Dollars - Goliah - The Golden Poppy - The Shrinkage of the Planet - The House Beautiful - The Gold Hunters of the North - Foma Gordyeeff - These Bones Shall Rise Again - The Other Animals - The Yellow Peril - What Life Means to Me John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916)was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916)was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone, including science fiction. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire," "An Odyssey of the North," and "Love of Life." He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen," and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf. London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction expose The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes.
