The Resource Author under sail : the imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902, James (Jay) W. Williams
Author under sail : the imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902, James (Jay) W. Williams
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The item Author under sail : the imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902, James (Jay) W. Williams represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "In Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 600 pages)
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Spirit Truth
- From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again
- "I Will Build a New Present"
- Sons as Authors
- Fathers as Publishers
- The Daughter as Author
- Lovers as Authors
- At Sea with the Family
- Yellow News, Yellow Stories
- The Return Home
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780803256828
- Label
- Author under sail : the imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
- Title
- Author under sail
- Title remainder
- the imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
- Statement of responsibility
- James (Jay) W. Williams
- Title variation
- Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
- Subject
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- 1800-1999
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Biographies
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Imagination in literature
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- London, Jack, 1876-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Realism in literature
- Realism in literature
- Imagination in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Jay
- Dewey number
- 813/.52
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3523.O46
- LC item number
- Z9955 2014eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- London, Jack
- London, Jack
- Authors, American
- Authors, American
- Imagination in literature
- Realism in literature
- London, Jack
- London, Jack
- London, Jack
- London, Jack
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Authors, American
- Imagination in literature
- Realism in literature
- Label
- Author under sail : the imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902, James (Jay) W. Williams
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Spirit Truth -- From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- "I Will Build a New Present" -- Sons as Authors -- Fathers as Publishers -- The Daughter as Author -- Lovers as Authors -- At Sea with the Family -- Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 891138519
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 600 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803256828
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- b39bb002-a99f-4652-a5fd-4bde505c5293
- 22573/ctt1d9jw08
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)891138519
- Label
- Author under sail : the imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902, James (Jay) W. Williams
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Spirit Truth -- From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- "I Will Build a New Present" -- Sons as Authors -- Fathers as Publishers -- The Daughter as Author -- Lovers as Authors -- At Sea with the Family -- Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 891138519
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 600 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780803256828
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- b39bb002-a99f-4652-a5fd-4bde505c5293
- 22573/ctt1d9jw08
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)891138519
Subject
- 1800-1999
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Biographies
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Imagination in literature
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- London, Jack, 1876-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Realism in literature
- Realism in literature
- Imagination in literature
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