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Upton Sinclair: The Lithuanian Jungle : Upon the Centenary of The Jungle (1905 and 1906) by Upton Sinclair
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ISBN: 9401202400 1423789105 9781423789109 9789401202404 9789042018792 9042018798 Year: 2006 Publisher: Leiden; Boston : BRILL,

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In his legendary novel The Jungle (1905 and 1906), Upton Sinclair included a conspicuous number of Lithuanian words, phrases and surnames. This volume is the first attempt to analyze aspects of Lithuanian linguistic and historical data from The Jungle. Sinclair discovered the Lithuanian language in Chicago and explored it with pleasure. He even confessed to having sang in Lithuanian. If you look for "a Lithuanian linguist" working in field-research conditions in Chicago's Back of the Yards-there is Upton Sinclair! The book targets Sinclair's motives for choosing Lithuanian characters, his sources and his work methods in "field-research" conditions in Chicago. Some real-life individuals-Lithuanian name-donors for the protagonists of The Jungle -are presented in this volume. Certain details of the turn-of-the-century Chicago depicted in The Jungle are also revealed-for example, the saloon where the actual Lithuanian wedding feast took place and its owner. This volume is of interest to American literary historians, sociolinguists, language historians, and those interested in the history of Lithuanian immigration to America and the immigrant experience in Chicago.

Epistolary responses
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ISBN: 0817388397 0585098077 9780585098074 0817308369 9780817308360 Year: 1997 Publisher: Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press

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Epistolary Responses explores the transformative nature of epistolary fiction and criticism in letter form from a largely feminist perspective. While most scholarly work to date has focused on 17th- and 18th-century manifestations of this genre, Bower's study concentrates on epistolary fiction by contemporary American writers published between 1912 and 1988. The novels discussed, all featuring women letter writers, include: Lee Smith's Fair and Tender Ladies, John Barth's LETTERS, Alice Walker's The Color Purple, John Updike's S., Jean Webster's Daddy-Long-Legs, Upton Sinclair's Another Pamela

I, candidate for governor
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ISBN: 0520913523 0585079285 9780520913523 9780585079288 0520081978 0520081986 Year: 1994 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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Here, reprinted for the first time since its original publication, is muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair's lively, caustic account of the 1934 election campaign that turned California upside down and almost won him the governor's mansion. Using his "End Poverty in California" movement (more commonly called EPIC) as a springboard, Sinclair ran for governor as a Democrat, equipped with a bold plan to end the Depression in California by taking over idle land and factories and turning them into cooperative ventures for the unemployed. To his surprise, thousands rallied to the idea, converting what he had assumed would be another of his utopian schemes into a mass political movement of extraordinary dimensions. With a loosely knit organization of hundreds of local EPIC clubs, Sinclair overwhelmed the moderate Democratic opposition to capture the primary election. When it came to the general election, however, his opposition employed highly effective campaign tactics: overwhelming media hostility, vicious red-baiting and voter intimidation, high-priced dirty tricks. The result was a resounding defeat in November. I, Candidate tells the story of Sinclair's campaign while also capturing the turbulent political mood of the 1930s. Employing his trademark muckraking style, Sinclair exposes the conspiracies of power that ensured big-money control over the media and other powerful institutions.

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Governors --- Mass media --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Communication --- Kings and rulers --- Public officers --- Election --- History --- Political aspects --- Sinclair, Upton, --- Stirling, Arthur, --- Sinkler, Ėpton, --- Fitch, Clarke, --- Garrison, Frederick, --- Sinclair, Upton Beall, --- Sinḳler, Eypṭon, --- סינקליר, אייפטאן --- סינקליר, אייפטאן, --- סינקלער, אופטאן, --- סינקלער, אייפטאן --- סינקלער, אייפטאן, --- סינקלער, אפטאן --- סינקלער, אפטאן, --- סינקלער, אפטון --- סינקלער, אײפטאן --- סינקלער, א. --- סינקלער, עפטאן --- סינקלער, ע. --- סינקלר, אופטון --- סינקלר, אפטון --- סינקלר, אפטון, --- 辛克萊, --- California --- Alta California (Province) --- CA --- Cal. --- Cali. --- Calif. --- Californias (Province) --- CF --- Chia-chou --- Departamento de Californias --- Kʻaellipʻonia --- Kʻaellipʻonia-ju --- Kʻaellipʻoniaju --- Kalifornii --- Kalifornii︠a︡ --- Kalifornija --- Ḳalifornyah --- Ḳalifornye --- Kālīfūrniyā --- Kaliphornia --- Karapōnia --- Kariforunia --- Kariforunia-shū --- Medinat Ḳalifornyah --- Politeia tēs Kaliphornias --- Provincia de Californias --- Shtat Kalifornii︠a︡ --- State of California --- Upper California --- Πολιτεία της Καλιφόρνιας --- Καλιφόρνια --- Штат Каліфорнія --- Калифорния --- Калифорнија --- Калифорнии --- Каліфорнія --- קאליפארניע --- קליפורניה --- מדינת קליפורניה --- كاليفورنيا --- カリフォルニア --- カリフォルニア州 --- 캘리포니아 --- 캘리포니아 주 --- 캘리포니아주 --- Politics and government --- 20th century --- 1865-1950 --- 20th century american literature. --- 20th century american politics. --- american politics. --- california. --- democrat. --- dirty tricks. --- elections. --- end poverty in california. --- epic clubs. --- epic movement. --- governor. --- great depression. --- gubernatorial. --- journalist. --- leftist politics. --- media hostility. --- muckraker. --- political election. --- political literature. --- political movement. --- political science. --- politics. --- powerful institutions. --- primary election. --- red baiting. --- run for governor. --- the jungle. --- unemployment. --- united states of america. --- utopia. --- voter intimidation.

The Cambridge companion to American realism and naturalism
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ISBN: 0521438764 0521433002 1139000381 1139815253 9780521438766 9781139000383 9780521433006 Year: 1995 Volume: *29 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This Companion examines a number of issues related to the terms realism and naturalism. The introduction seeks both to discuss the problems in the use of these two terms in relation to late nineteenth-century fiction and to describe the history of previous efforts to make the terms expressive of American writing of this period. The Companion includes ten essays which fall into four categories: essays on the historical context of realism and naturalism by Louis Budd and Richard Lehan; essays on critical approaches to the movements since the early 1970s by Michael Anesko, essays on the efforts to expand the canon of realism and naturalism by Elizabeth Ammons; and a full-scale discussion of ten major texts, from W. D. Howell's The Rise of Silas Lapham to Jack London's The Call of the Wild, by John W. Crowley, Tom Quirk, J. C. Levenson, Blanche Gelfant, Barbara Hochman, and Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin.

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American literature --- anno 1800-1899 --- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man --- Littérature réaliste --- London, Jack, 1876-1916. The Call of the Wild --- Naturalism in literature --- Naturalisme dans la littérature --- Naturalisme in de literatuur --- Neorealism (Literature) --- Neorealisme (Literatuur) --- Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. McTeague --- Néoréalisme (Littérature) --- Realism (Literary movement) --- Realism in literature --- Realisme (Letterkundige beweging) --- Realisme (Literaire beweging) --- Realisme in de literatuur --- Realistische literatuur --- Réalisme (Mouvement littéraire) --- Réalisme dans la littérature --- American fiction --- Naturalism in literature. --- Realism in literature. --- Roman américain --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Handbooks, manuals, etc --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Roman américain --- Naturalisme dans la littérature --- Réalisme dans la littérature --- 19th century --- James, Henry --- Twain, Mark --- Crane, Stephen --- Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty --- Sinclair, Upton Beall --- Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt --- English --- American Literature --- Languages & Literatures --- American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism --- American fiction - 19th century - Handbooks, manuals, etc --- AMERICAN FICTION --- NATURALISM IN LITERATURE --- REALISM IN LITERATURE --- JAMES (HENRY), 1843-1916 --- HOWELLS (WILLIAM DEAN) --- TWAIN (MARK) --- CRANE (STEPHEN) --- NORRIS (FRANK) --- CHOPIN (KATE), 1851-1904 --- 19th CENTURY --- PORTRAIT OF A LADY, THE --- RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM, THE --- ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN --- RED BADGE OF COURAGE, THE --- McTEAGUE

Monumental anxieties : homoerotic desire and feminine influence in 19th-century U.S. literature
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ISBN: 0813524725 0813524717 Year: 1997 Publisher: New Brunswick London Rutgers University Press

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