Radical Jack London : Writings on War and Revolution / London/Raskin; ed. by Jack London, Jonah Raskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

London/Raskin, Author.

Contributor:

London, Jack, Editor.

Raskin, Jonah, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.) : 5 b/w photographs

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2008]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Big things are happening secretly all around, says Jack London's prescient hero Ernest Everhard in the 1908 novel The Iron Heel, excerpted in this timely anthology of London's writings about war and revolution. Besides illuminating his surprising literary range, The Radical Jack London establishes the iconic American author as both a product of his own era and a significant voice for ours. The book features works by London that have been unavailable for decades. In his insightful introduction, editor Jonah Raskin lays out the social, economic, and political contexts for London's polemical writings and shows London to be America's leading revolutionary writer at the turn of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction: Jack London: The Orphan at the Abyss

PART I: BOY SOCIALIST 18951899

PART II: COMRADE WHITE MAN, 19001905

PART III: APOSTATE REVOLUTIONARY, 19061912

PART IV: COSMIC VOYAGER, 19131916

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

For Classroom Discussion

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

0-520-94163-2

OCLC:

1419790183