The Jungle - Upton SinclairHarold Bloom Infobase Publishing, 2009 - Criticism Upton Sinclair's The Jungle not only drew attention from the likes of Winston Churchill and President Theodore Roosevelt-it drew action. The novel's depiction of what takes place in a meat-processing plant pressed the U.S. government into tak |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Muckraker | 3 |
Upton Sinclairs Escape from The Jungle | 21 |
Introduction to The Jungle | 49 |
Upton Sinclairs The Jungle and Orwells Animal Farm | 61 |
Muckraking and Fame | 69 |
Afterword to The Jungle | 89 |
The Call of the Wild and The Jungle | 99 |
What a Beating Feels Like | 125 |
The Two Lives of Jurgis Rudkus | 139 |
Chronology | 157 |
Contributors | 161 |
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Acknowledgments | 167 |
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