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A 4 page case book study/research paper of Jack London’s Call of the Wild. The writer discusses critical reception and evaluation of the book, a summary of the plot and a brief discussion of themes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of the Wild, has been in continuous publication since 1903. Ironically, while London is considered to be a major world writer by other nationalities, his reputation is less sterling among
American critics and Londons continuing popularity abroad has prompted American critics to reconsider their assessment of London, and several excellent studies on London were published in the 1990s (Nurenberg, 1996).
At the time of its publication, reviewers praised Call of the Wild, and Johannes Reimers and the first critic to praise the novel as a "brilliant human allegory" (Nurenberg, 1996,
p. 99). Writing for the Stockton Evening Mail, Reimers asserted that "Buck is you or I, and the other dogs are the other fellow we rub against...in the struggle for
supremacy" (Nurenberg, 1996, p. 99). However, other reviewers were unsure of whether the book was meant as an human allegory or a "study of animal nature" (Nurenberg, 1996, p. 99).
As this indicates, Call of the Wild has engender numerous interpretation and critical responses. For example, in reviewing Charles N. Watsons The Novels of Jack London: A Reappraisal, Lloyd points
out that Londons reputation has come a long way since he was dismissed by Frederick J. Hoffman as an "interesting sideshow in the naturalist carnival" (Labor, 1983, p. 656).
In deciding how to interpret Call of the Wild, another comment made by Labor is also insightful, as he writes that "In book after book London stresses the
importance of moral as well as physical adaptability for those who endure the rigors of the White Silence," i.e., the wildness of the Yukon (Labor, 1962, p. 150). Examination of
the novel suggests that those critics who see the work as a complex allegory have much on which to base this interpretation. London tells the story from the viewpoint
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