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Beyond the Abyss: Jack London and the Working Class

Author(s) -

Ronald Paúl

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

nordic journal of english studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 1654-6970

pISSN - 1502-7694

DOI - 10.35360/njes.228

Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , field (mathematics) , media studies , order (exchange) , english language , working class , political science , sociology , history , linguistics , law , philosophy , epistemology , politics , business , mathematics , finance , pure mathematics

The first thing that comes to mind in relation to the writings of Jack London is their lasting popularity. Works such as The Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea-Wolf (1904), White Fang (1906), The Iron Heel (1908) and Martin Eden (1909) have all remained firm favourites among readers both in America and around the world. However, in contrast to much other popular fiction, these books by London have also acquired an iconic status as modern literary classics. Writing about the centenary of London‘s birth in 1976, Robert Barltrop noted:

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