a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents /
Claudia Durst Johnson.
Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2000.
1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) :
illustrations
The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series,
1074-598X
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index.
Preface; 1. Literary Analysis: Adventure and Myth; 2. The Alaskan Panhandle and the Yukon Territory; 3. The Yukon Gold Rush; 4. The Sled Dog; 5. Humans' Relationship with Animals: The Issue of Cruelty; 6. The Wolf: Symbol, Myth, and Issue; Index.
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London's adventure tale The Call of the Wild explores the complex relationships between man and nature, and animals' struggle with their own nature in man's world. In this interdisciplinary study, a rich collection of primary documents point out the many issues that make this story as poignant and pertinent today as when it was written nearly a century ago. Compiled here for the first time is documentation from sources as varied as century-old newspaper accounts, legislative materials, advertisements, poetry, journals, and other startling firsthand accounts. The story's historical setting, the.
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Understanding The call of the wild.
9780313308826
London, Jack,1876-1916., Call of the wild
Call of the wild (London, Jack)
Dogs in literature.
Gold mines and mining in literature.
Gold mines and mining-- Yukon-- Klondike River Valley-- History, Sources.
Wolves in literature.
Dogs in literature.
Gold mines and mining.
LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
Literature.
Wolves in literature.
Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Gold discoveries, Sources.