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'No Mentor but Myself' : Jack London on Writing and Writers, Second Edition by Jeanne Campbell Reesman (2000, Hardcover)

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Jack London on writers and writing

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PublisherStanford University Press

ISBN-100804736359

ISBN-139780804736350

eBay Product ID (ePID)1025348

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Edition2

Book Title'no Mentor but Myself' : Jack London on Writing and Writers, Second Edition

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAmerican / General

Publication Year2000

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Literary Collections

AuthorJeanne Campbell Reesman

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight23.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN99-067022

Reviews"This book is a pleasure for anyone interested in London or in the rapidly changing world of writing and publishing in the early twentieth century."-American Literature, "A remarkable collection. . . . This is a firsthand look at a writer's honest and forthright opinions on his craft."-- Los Angeles Times, "This book is a pleasure for anyone interested in London or in the rapidly changing world of writing and publishing in the early twentieth century."-- American Literature, Review s of the First Edition:"Walker has rendered a valuable service in his painstaking collection. . . . The result is a remarkably comprehensive view of London, 'the writer's writer.'"-- American Literary Realism, This book is a pleasure for anyone interested in London or in the rapidly changing world of writing and publishing in the early twentieth century."— American Literature, A remarkable collection. . . . This is a firsthand look at a writer's honest and forthright opinions on his craft."— Los Angeles Times, "An absorbing account of how hard the writer worked to learn his craft. . . . We find a master prose stylist concerned with problems of slectivity and concrete issues of tone, form, atmosphere, and point of view."-Modern Philology, "This book is a pleasure for anyone interested in London or in the rapidly changing world of writing and publishing in the early twentieth century."— American Literature, Review s of the First Edition: "Walker has rendered a valuable service in his painstaking collection. . . . The result is a remarkably comprehensive view of London, 'the writer's writer.'"— American Literary Realism, "A remarkable collection. . . . This is a firsthand look at a writer's honest and forthright opinions on his craft."— Los Angeles Times, Review s of the First Edition: Walker has rendered a valuable service in his painstaking collection. . . . The result is a remarkably comprehensive view of London, ‘the writer's writer.'"— American Literary Realism, "A remarkable collection. . . . This is a firsthand look at a writer's honest and forthright opinions on his craft."-Los Angeles Times, Review s of the First Edition: "Walker has rendered a valuable service in his painstaking collection. . . . The result is a remarkably comprehensive view of London, 'the writer's writer.'"-American Literary Realism, "An absorbing account of how hard the writer worked to learn his craft. . . . We find a master prose stylist concerned with problems of slectivity and concrete issues of tone, form, atmosphere, and point of view."— Modern Philology, "A remarkable collection. . . . This is a firsthand look at a writer's honest and forthright opinions on his craft."- Los Angeles Times, "An absorbing account of how hard the writer worked to learn his craft. . . . We find a master prose stylist concerned with problems of slectivity and concrete issues of tone, form, atmosphere, and point of view."- Modern Philology, Review s of the First Edition: "Walker has rendered a valuable service in his painstaking collection. . . . The result is a remarkably comprehensive view of London, 'the writer's writer.'"- American Literary Realism, An absorbing account of how hard the writer worked to learn his craft. . . . We find a master prose stylist concerned with problems of slectivity and concrete issues of tone, form, atmosphere, and point of view."— Modern Philology, "An absorbing account of how hard the writer worked to learn his craft. . . . We find a master prose stylist concerned with problems of slectivity and concrete issues of tone, form, atmosphere, and point of view."-- Modern Philology, "This book is a pleasure for anyone interested in London or in the rapidly changing world of writing and publishing in the early twentieth century."- American Literature, Review s of the First Edition: "Walker has rendered a valuable service in his painstaking collection. . . . The result is a remarkably comprehensive view of London, 'the writer's writer.'"-- American Literary Realism

SynopsisFor this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing-culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings-a significant amount of new material has been added., Jack London, one of the most read and recognized figures in American literature, produced an immense body of work, including 22 novels, 200 short stories, memoirs, newspaper articles, book reviews, essays, and poems. A significant and revealing feature of London's literary life lies in his introspective observations on the craft of writing, brought together in this collection of essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings. London's public role as a daring, carefree man of action has obscured the shrewd, disciplined, and methodical writer whose practical reflections and meditations on his profession provide a vivid portrait of the literary industry in turn-of-the-century America. For this edition, a significant amount of new material has been added. Reviews of the First Edition "Dale Walker has rendered a valuable service in his painstaking collection of London's writings about writers. He has included 43 selections, 20 of which are previously uncollected: 13 essays, and excerpts from London's two autobiographical works. The result is a remarkably comprehensive view of London 'the writer's writer.'" -- American Literary Realism "An absorbing account of how hard the writer worked to learn his craft. . . . We find a master prose stylist concerned with problems of selectivity and concrete issues of tone, form, atmosphere, and point of view." -- Modern Philology "A remarkable collection. . . . This is a firsthand look at a writer's honest and forthright opinions on his craft." -- Los Angeles Times, For this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing--culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings--a significant amount of new material has been added.

LC Classification NumberPS3523