Author Under Sail eBook

In Author Under Sail: The Imagination of Jack London, 19021907, Jay Williams explores Jack Londons necessity to illustrate the inner workings of his vast imagination. In this second installment of a three-volume biography, Williams captures the life of a great writer expressed though his many creative works, such as The Call of the Wild and White Fang, as well as his first autobiographical memoir, The Road, some of his most significant contributions to the socialist cause, and notable uncompleted works. During this time, London became one of the most famous authors in America, perhaps even the author with the highest earnings, as he prepared to become an equally famous international writer.Author Under Sail documents Londons life in both a biographical and writerly fashion, depicting the importance of his writing experiences as his career followed a trajectory similar to Americas from 1876 to 1916. The underground forces of Londons narratives were shaped by a changing capitalist society, media outlets, racial issues, increases in womens rights, and advancements in national power. Williams factors in these elements while exploring Londons deeply conflicted relationship with his own authorial inner life. In Londons work, the imagination is figured as a ghost or as a ghostlike presence, and the authors personas, who form a dense population among his characters, are portrayed as haunted or troubled in some way. Along with examining the functions and works of Londons exhaustive imagination, Williams takes a critical look at Londons ability to tell his stories to wide arrays of audiences, stitching incidents together into coherent wholes so they became part of a raconteurs repertoire. Author Under Sail provides a multidimensional examination of the life of a crucial American storyteller and essayist.