Unseen Upton Sinclair : nine unpublished stories, essays and other works / Upton Sinclair ; edited by Ruth Clifford Engs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968.

Contributor:

Engs, Ruth Clifford.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

ix, 177 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2009]

Summary:

"These nine short works, never before published, reveal an author who also wrestled with questions concerning women's independence and the state of the health care industry in America. Always controversial, Sinclair ranges here from the comic to the deadly serious, while investigating issues that include artificial insemination and dietary measures"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: a biography of Upton Sinclair

Part I: Woman suffrage and emancipation

Suffragetteland

One woman's fight

The emancipated husband: a one-reel comedy

Part II: Defying sexual convention

An unmarried mother

Eugenic celibate motherhood

An experimental honeymoon

Part III: Search for health

The health hunters: a farce comedy in four acts

Restore and keep your health by controlling emotions

"Little Algernon" fragments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786445189

0786445181

OCLC:

320800100