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Jack London, 1876 - 1916

Jack London was an American writer born in 1876 who is known for works like The Call of the Wild and White Fang. He had a working class upbringing and difficult early jobs before traveling to the Yukon Territory in 1897, which inspired much of his writing. London was a highly disciplined writer who supported socialism and other progressive causes. His writing was influenced by the philosophy of naturalism, which viewed humans as governed by instincts and their environment rather than free will.

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Jack London, 1876 - 1916

Jack London was an American writer born in 1876 who is known for works like The Call of the Wild and White Fang. He had a working class upbringing and difficult early jobs before traveling to the Yukon Territory in 1897, which inspired much of his writing. London was a highly disciplined writer who supported socialism and other progressive causes. His writing was influenced by the philosophy of naturalism, which viewed humans as governed by instincts and their environment rather than free will.

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Jack London

And the Yukon Territory

Jack London, 1876 - 1916


San Francisco
Virginia Prentiss
Working class family
Hard labor jobs
Traveling man
1897: Yukon
Escape as writer
Married twice
Renal failure, 1916

London the Writer


Highly disciplined writer
The Call of the Wild
(1903)
The Sea-Wolf (1904)
White Fang (1906)
the true king of our
storytellers
Socialism, suffrage,
prohibition
NATURALISM

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Naturalism
Humans are human
beasts A man said to the
Relationships to universe:
surroundings Sir, I exist!
Governed by instincts However, replied the
and passions universe, The fact
Governed by heredity has not created in me
and environment a sense of obligation.
Loss of individuality

Naturalism in Writing
Lower middle class or lower class
Heroic: common activities or acts of
violence/passion
Desperate moments or violent death
Slice of life drama
Themes: survival, determinism, violence
The brute within
Conflicts: man v. nature, man v. self
Nature is indifferent

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