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Resounding the Abyss: The Politics of Narration in Jack London's The People of the Abyss

2006; Wiley; Volume: 39; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.0022-3840.2006.00308.x

1540-5931

Kevin Swafford,

Crime and Detective Fiction Studies

The Journal of Popular CultureVolume 39, Issue 5 p. 838-860 Resounding the Abyss: The Politics of Narration in Jack London's The People of the Abyss KEVIN R. SWAFFORD, KEVIN R. SWAFFORD Bradley UniversitySearch for more papers by this author KEVIN R. SWAFFORD, KEVIN R. SWAFFORD Bradley UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 08 September 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.2006.00308.xCitations: 4 Kevin R. Swafford is a native of southern California, an avid wave rider, and an Assistant Professor of English at Bradley University, where he teaches Victorian and Edwardian literature and culture. He has published numerous articles on George Gissing, Henry James, Arthur Morrison, John Ruskin, Anthony Trollope, H G. Wells, and literary and aesthetic theory. His current research is on the aesthetics and politics of travel in the Victorian era. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Works Cited Auerbach, Jonathan. Male Call: Becoming Jack London. Durham: Duke UP, 1996. Bakhtin, M. M. The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays. Trans. and Ed. Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquist. Austin, TX: U of Texas P, 1981. Besant, Walter. All Sorts and Conditions of Men. 1882. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997. Booth, William. In Darkest England and the Way Out. London: Funk & Wagnals, 1890. Conlon, Stephen. Jack London and the Working Class. The Critical Response to Jack London. Trans. and Ed. Susan M. Nuernberg London: Greenwood Press, 1995. 225–38. Greenwood, James. The Seven Curses of London. 1869. New York: Garland Press, 1984. Greenwood, James. The Wilds of London. 1874. New York: Garland Press, 1985. Haley, Bruce. The Healthy Body and Victorian Culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1978. Law, John [Margaret Harkness]. A City Girl. 1887. New York: Garland Press, 1984. Law, John. Out of Work. 1888. London: Merlin Press, 1990. Lindsay, Jack. Introduction. People of the Abyss by Jack London. London: The Journeyman Press, 1977. London, Jack. The People of the Abyss. 1903. London: The Journeyman Press, 1977. London, Jack. The Letters of Jack London. Vols. 1–3. Ed. Earle Labor, Robert C. Leitz, and I. Milo Shepard. Stanford: Standford UP, 1988. Maugham, W. Sumerset. Liza of Lambeth. 1897. New York: Penguin Books, 1967. Mayhew, Henry. London Labour and the Labouring Poor. 4 vols. 1861-2. Intro. Ed. John D. Rosenberg. New York: Dover Publications, 1968. Mearns, Andrew. The Bitter Cry of Outcast London. 1983. Old Woking, Surrey: Leicester UP, 1970. Morrison, Arthur. Tales of Mean Streets. London: Methuen Co., 1894. Arthur. Morrison A Child of the Jago. 1986. Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1995. Peluso, Robert. Gazing at Royalty: Jack London's The People of the Abyss and the Emergence of American Imperialism. Rereading Jack London. Ed. Leonard Cassuto and Jeanne Campbell Reesman. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1996. 55–74. Sims, George R. How the Poor Live and Horrible London. 1883/1889. New York: Garland Press, 1984. Stallybrass, Peter, and Allon White. The Politics and Poetics of Transgression. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 1986. Stasz, Clarice. "Jack London as Photographer: The People of the Abyss."The Wolf (1977): 7. Swafford, Kevin R. Walter Besant's All Sorts and Conditions of Men and the Project of Paternalism in the East End of London. European Studies Journal XIV.2 (1997): 57–81. Zangwill, Israel. Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People. 1895. Ed. Meri-Jane Rochelson. Devroif: Wayne State UP, 1998. Citing Literature Volume39, Issue5October 2006Pages 838-860 ReferencesRelatedInformation