Jack London's Heart of Darkness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2729565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sam S Baskett (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66 |
| Publication date | 1958-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0678 • E-ISSN: 1080-6490 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2710175 |
| OpenAlex | W2313439067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
ALTHOUGH there are certain obvious similarities in the fiction of Jack London and Joseph Conrad-both wrote tales of the sea well stories set in exotic lands, and frequently both peopled their fiction with rough characters engaged in violent action-Conrad's different emphasis, surer craftsmanship and more profound insight into the psychological motivations of his characters have made these similarities seem relatively inconsequential. London is often, even within the same book, an exponent of the cult of raw meat and red blood and a political expounder using fiction a means of advancing the doctrines of socialism. This blatant dichotomy is in obvious contrast to Conrad's characteristically subtle investigations of states of mind. Conrad himself bridled at being regarded as literarily a sort of Jack London
Art · Art history · Biology · Botany · Darkness · American and British Literature Analysis · History · Joseph Conrad and Literature
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |