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Combating Injustice - The Naturalism of Frank Norris, Jack London, and John Steinbeck (Hardcover)
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Combating Injustice - The Naturalism of Frank Norris, Jack London, and John Steinbeck (Hardcover)
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In Combating Injustice, Jon Falsarella Dawson approaches American
literary naturalism as a means of social criticism, exploring the
powerful economic arguments and commentaries on labor struggles
presented in novels by Frank Norris, Jack London, and John
Steinbeck. Making use of extensive archival research, Dawson
considers many of the original periodical sources that fueled books
from McTeague to The Grapes of Wrath, as Norris, London, and
Steinbeck transformed contemporary materials into illustrations of
the socioeconomic forces that shape American life. By depicting the
operations of powerful individuals and institutions, these
naturalist writers offered audiences a greater awareness of the
plight of labor so that readers might find the inspiration to
become agents of change. Works such as The Octopus, The Iron Heel,
Martin Eden, and In Dubious Battle illuminate many of the central
economic issues at play in the United States during the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including the rise of
commodity culture, labor disputes involving industrial and
agricultural workers, widespread poverty, extreme inequality, and
the concentration of resources and land ownership. Norris, London,
and Steinbeck highlighted the dangers of these developments by
charting their impact on central characters whose fates result from
the predatory tactics of corporate monopolies, wealthy individuals,
and large financial establishments. Dawson's lucid analysis shows
how all three writers, drawing on contemporary events, accentuated
the need for reform and stressed the potential for change by human
action. Each author took inspiration from notable events in
California, ranging from the Mussel Slough tragedy of 1880 to the
agricultural strikes in the Central Valley during the 1930s,
presenting the state as a microcosm for conditions throughout the
nation during a period of tremendous upheaval. Combating Injustice:
The Naturalism of Frank Norris, Jack London, and John Steinbeck
provides carefully contextualized readings of three major writers
whose works express both the necessity for and the possibility of
creating a more egalitarian society.
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