Readings on The call of the wild, Katie de Koster, book editor

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Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198) and index

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Contents: Foreword -- Introduction : Better than the movies -- Jack London : a biography -- Characters and plot -- 1. Klondike adventures -- The call of the wild recasts personal failure as fictional triumph / Andrew Sinclair ; London mines literary gold from the Klondike / Franklin Walker ; The call of the wild is an early example of modern sociobiology / James Lundquist ; London advances cruel and incorrect fantasies of the animal world / John Perry -- 2. Themes in The call of the wild -- The call of the wild is an indictment of humanity / Kate Blackiston Stille ; The call of the wild is a man's book / Anonymous ; Restoring Buck to the role of a king ; Joan D. Hedrick ; Seven stages of allegory in The call of the wild / Michael Kumin ; Wolf as a symbol / Ann Upton -- 3. Autobiographical roots in The call of the wild -- Buck and his creator were both unfairly jailed / Andrew Flink ; The call of the wild is an attempted escape from the evils of capitalism / Joan London ; London's struggle to gain recognition as a writer / Jonathan Auerbach -- 4. Novel as literature -- Prose poem that has become a world classic / Earle Labor ; Failure of an American myth / Abraham Rothberg ; The call of the wild stands the test of time / Robert Barltrop ; Contradictions in The call of the wild / Charles Frey ; London's work is full of mixed messages / Alfred Kazin

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