The Asian writings of Jack London : essays, letters, newspaper dispatches, and short fiction
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The Asian writings of Jack London : essays, letters, newspaper dispatches, and short fiction
Edwin Mellen Press, c2009
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Examines American writer Jack London's journalistic and literary contributions about Asia, his insights into Asian ethnic and political complexities, and his vision for pan-Asian/American cooperation. This book includes an anthology of London's major writings on Asia.
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Wilton S. Dillon, PhD
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I: Analysis of London's Writing on Asia
- 1. Background to London's Career and Focus on Asia
- 2. Jack London's Forgotten Role as an Influential Observer of Early Modern Asia
- 3. Jack London's First Encounter with Japan: The Voyage of the Sophie Sutherland and his First Asian Writing
- 4. Jack London Reporting From Korea and Manchuria
- 5. Jack London and the Yellow Peril
- 6. Jack London's Plea for Pan-Pacific Understanding: "The Language of the Tribe"
- Epilogue: Jack London's Mixed Message
- Part Two: Jack London's Writing on Asia
- The Bonin Islands: An Incident of the Sealing Fleet
- Short Fiction
- Sakaicho, Hona Asi and Hakadaki
- A Night's Swim in Yedo Bay
- O Haru
- The Unparalleled Invasion
- The Chinago
- Letters and Newspaper Dispatches from Japan, Korea and
- Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War (1904)
- Three essays on the Future of Asia
- The Yellow Peril
- If Japan Awakens China
- The Language of the Tribe
- Bibliography
- Index.
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