{"product_id":"author-under-sail-9780803299986","title":"Author Under Sail","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer. Jay Williams 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Groundbreaking and comprehensive. . . . Jay Williams approaches London’s writing life in a way that no other biographer or scholar has previously endeavored.”—Iris Dunkle, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eAuthor Under Sail\u003c\/i\u003e] is indispensable for Jack London scholars.\"—Anita Duneer, \u003ci\u003eStudies in American Naturalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thoroughly documented and cogently argued, \u003ci\u003eAuthor Under Sail \u003c\/i\u003eheralds a departure from all scholars who thought they knew about Jack London and promises a wealth of new directions in London scholarship.\"—S. M. Nuernberg, \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A stunning new story of the authorial development that undergirds Jack London’s prolific fiction and nonfiction. This book offers a far richer U.S. socio-literary vein than any mined to date by critics and researchers of London’s life and career. Jay Williams, what’s more, presents a new model of close reading, not a formalist plea for artistic unity but a showcase of literary-critical focal power. For admirers of Jack London, for students of American literature, and for historians of the book, \u003ci\u003eAuthor Under Sail\u003c\/i\u003e is a\u003ci\u003e must\u003c\/i\u003e.”—Cecelia Tichi, author of \u003ci\u003eExposés and Excess: Muckraking in America, 1900\/2000\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAuthor Under Sail\u003c\/i\u003e offers a paradigm-shifting approach to Jack London studies. . . . Williams has the gift of explaining complex ideas in straightforward, clear language and is also a storyteller adept at tracing the human connections behind the texts and shaping them into an engrossing tale. \u003ci\u003eAuthor Under Sail\u003c\/i\u003e will become an indispensable source for all serious London scholars.”—Chris Gair, author of \u003ci\u003eComplicity and Resistance in Jack London’s Novels: From Naturalism to Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction    \u003cbr\u003e1. Spirit Truth    \u003cbr\u003e2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again    \u003cbr\u003e3. “I Will Build a New Present”    \u003cbr\u003e4. Sons as Authors    \u003cbr\u003e5. Fathers as Publishers    \u003cbr\u003e6. The Daughter as Author    \u003cbr\u003e7. Lovers as Authors    \u003cbr\u003e8. At Sea with the Family    \u003cbr\u003e9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories    \u003cbr\u003e10. The Return Home    \u003cbr\u003eNotes    \u003cbr\u003eBibliography    \u003cbr\u003eIndex    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405304897879,"sku":"9780803299986","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803299986.jpg?v=1730489686","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/author-under-sail-9780803299986","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}