To view info on all Critical Insights: AUTHORS titles, click Authors. To view info on all Critical Insights: WORKS titles, click Works. To view info on all Critical Insights: THEMES titles, click Themes. 1 Volume; 360 Pages General Bibliography Chronology of Author's Life Complete List of Author's Works Publication dates of Works Detailed Bio of the Editor General Subject Index    Click here to view an    Adobe Acrobat version of    a sample article from this    Critical Insights volume. Main Page Jack London Main Page Other Elements Table of Contents Index A valuable addition to academic libraries supporting literature students both at undergraduate and at graduate levels. Library Journal To read the full review,   click here.   Each meticulously referenced volume is devoted to a single classic... Overall, a fresh take on the classics and an excellent choice. School Library Journal To read the full review,   click here.   [The online] aspect of the product more than justifies the cost for high school or university libraries needing this type of critical literature information. ARBA To read the full review,   click here.   Overall... the quality of the articles—new and old—is impressive. School Library Journal To read the full review,   click here.   SALEM LITERATURE To discover more about the Salem Literature online database, click here.

Editor: Lawrence I. Berkove     University of Michigan-Dearborn September 2011 · 1 volume · 360 pages · 6"x9" Includes Online Database with Print Purchase ISBN: 978-1-58765-830-3 Print List Price: $85 e-ISBN: 978-1-58765-883-9 eBook Single User Price: $85 Critical Insights Jack London Jack London combines biographical material with original essays comparing his career to that of Mark Twain and an examination of his critical reception. His interest in Carl Jung, Naturalism and the theme of androgyny throughout his novels are also discussed. This volume on Jack London opens with essays on his career, life and influence. These include a perspective by Robert Roper for the The Paris Review. Essays that put the author in a critical context include: Love in the Time of Darwinism: Dialectical Approximations in Jack London's Martin Eden, by Kenneth K. Brandt Jack London in Context, by Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin The Literary Careers of Mark Twain and Jack London, by Jeanne Campbell Reesman The Critical Reception of Jack London, by Donna M. Campbell Critical readings include: Jack London: Blond Beasts and Supermen, by Charles Child Walcutt Jack London's Heart of Darkness, by Sam S. Baskett Jack London's Use of Carl Jung's Psychology of the Unconscious, by James I. McClintock "The Kipling of the Klondike": Naturalism in London's Early Fiction, by Earl J. Wilcox From "All Gold Canyon" to The Acorn-Planter: Jack London's Agrarian Vision, by Earle Labor Androgyny in the Novels of Jack London, by Clarice Stasz A Romantic Novel, by Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin The Cell, by James Williams Introduction to Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters, by Gary Riedl and Thomas R. Tietze New York City, Social Progress and the Crowd: Jack London's "Telic Action & Collective Stupidity," by Susan Nuernberg Jack London, Jack Johnson, and the "Great White Hope," by Jeanne Campbell Reesman Each essay is 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of "Works Cited," along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources: A chronology of the author's life A complete list of the author's works and their original dates of publication A general bibliography A detailed paragraph on the volume's editor Notes on the individual chapter authors A subject index

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