5/20/2023 0 Comments Jack london alcoholic![]() ![]() He was not without faults, but this version oversimplifies. ![]() This caricaturing and projection of a Hemmingwayesque personality substitutes for a thoughtful examination of the evidence and subtle interpretation of this very complex man. Some journalists and encyclopedia writers continue to promulgate a version of London that does not hold up to scholarly scrutiny, namely, the womanizing alcoholic whose repeated failures resulted in his commiting suicide. Some biographers have even quoted characters from London's fiction as representing himself.Ī variety of circumstances have resulted in a mythology developing around London, much created by Irving Stone's Sailor on Horseback. Consequently, some readers too quickly presume that characters such as Martin Eden are an accurate representation of London's early adulthood. To date, we lack the hefty volume that is fully comprehensive.įurthermore, London folded many of his experiences and adventures into his fiction. ![]() As a result, some biographers used only secondary sources, such as newspaper articles and hearsay information. Part of the reason is the literary estate has until recent years limited access to the private papers and manuscripts at the Huntington Library and Utah State University. ![]() No definitive or fully reliable biography of Jack London exists to date. Jack London in a pose writing outside, c. ![]()
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