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Jack London: American Rebel

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A Collection of His Social Writings Together with an Extensive Study of the Man and His Times.

PLEASE This work contains only Philip S. Foner's analysis of the original 1947 work. It does not contain Jack London's writings.

155 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1947

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Philip S. Foner

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Philip Sheldon Foner was an American labor historian and teacher. Foner was a prolific author and editor of more than 100 books.

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5,169 reviews1,463 followers
December 14, 2012
This is a collection of Jack London's more class conscious writings, fiction and nonfiction, prefaced by a book-length appreciation and biography by the labor historian, Philip S. Foner, uncle of the historian Eric Foner. The orientation, like London's, is politically left-wing and socialist.
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2,025 reviews45 followers
October 22, 2018
Америка конца XIX и начала XX века – воплощение краха человеческих надежд. Люди перестали иметь значение для государства. Даже желающие работать – не могли найти работу. Это ли новое явление? Отнюдь, с аналогичными проблемами сталкивались прежде в Англии и Франции, теперь очередь дошла до американских штатов Северной Америки. На этой почве могли трудиться писатели-реалисты, собиравшиеся нести читателю честное слово о происходящем. Но была ли в них нужда? Люди предпочитали зачитываться романтическими историями, обходя вниманием любые произведения, натуралистично описывавшие повседневность. Кто всё-таки брался писать в подобном духе, не пользовался спросом. Исключением стал Джек Лондон. Причина того отнюдь не в его воззрениях, просто он хорошо начал с разговора на отвлечённые темы, а потом уже нельзя было заставить замолчать того, кто успел прогреметь на всю страну.

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October 29, 2013
I was of two minds reading this book. On one hand, it is a good reminder of how far our society has come in addressing the ills of laissez-faire capitalism. On the other, it is a good demonstration of how the socialism dreamed of by many in nascent working-class America has never come close to being realized.

I especially enjoyed the short stories in this collection of Jack London's writings, in particular "The Apostate." Some of the essays and newspaper articles, by comparison, were hard to slog through.

As a son of Alaska, London's works have always been meaningful to me. "Martin Eden" really spoke to me when I read it years ago. But to appreciate London also often requires you to overlook his racism and sexism, which can be difficult to do.
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