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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13
9781469636054
eBay Product ID (ePID)
238497986
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jack London: a Writer's Fight for a Better America
Author
Cecelia Tichi
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2017
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Cecelia Tichi
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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