The letters of Jack London

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The letters of Jack London

edited by Earle Labor, Robert C. Leitz, III, and I. Milo Shepard

Stanford University Press, 1988

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収録内容

  • v. 1. 1896-1905
  • v. 2. 1906-1912
  • v. 3. 1913-1916

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Jack London has long been recognized as one of the most colorful figures in American literature. From his birth in San Francisco in 1876 until his death in 1916, he lived a life rich with experiences and emotional intensity. Factory worker at 14; able-bodied seaman at 17; hobo and convict at 18; "Boy Socialist" of Oakland at 19; Klondike argonaut at 21; the "American Kipling" at 24, renowned author, social crusader, journalist, and war correspondent at 28; world traveler and adventurer at 31; prize-winning stock-breeder and scientific farmer at 35; self-made millionaire by the time of his death at 40: the facts became a legend in London's own lifetime. In less than 20 years, London produced some 500 non-fiction pieces, 200 short stories, and 19 novels (over 50 books in all). Of these books, at least three (The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf) have become world classics. London is America's most widely translated authors (into more than 80 languages), and although his works have been neglected until recently by academic critics, he is finally winning recognition as a major figure in American literary history. Comprising 1,554 carefully annotated letters, this three-volume work is the first full-scale, comprehensive collection of London't correspoThe image that emerges from London's letters is of an unpretentious, often sensitive human being, extraordinarily open and sometimes brutally candid. He was capable of writing deeply moving, poetic love letters, but he was also capable, when writing to or about those he considered enemies, of a dark bitterness and vicious invective. Like most of his published work, many of his letters ware simply good reading, written with his characteristic verve and blunt wit. This edition is lavishly illustrated, including 112 photographs, most of them from the London Family albums and many published for the first time.

目次

  • Volume I: Introduction
  • About this edition
  • Abbreviations
  • Chronology: 1876-1905
  • Map of Klondike
  • 1. 1896-98
  • 2. 1899
  • 3. 1900
  • 4. 1901
  • 5. 1902
  • 6. 1903
  • 7. 1904
  • 8. 1905. Volume II: Abbreviations
  • Chronology
  • Map of 'Snark's' Voyage
  • 1. 1906
  • 2. 1907
  • 3. 1908
  • 4. 1909
  • 5. 1910
  • 6. 1911
  • 7. 1912. Volume III: Abbreviations
  • Chronology
  • Map of the Jack London ranch
  • 1. 1913
  • 2. 1914
  • 3. 1915
  • 4. 1916
  • Index of correspondents
  • General index.

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