hominidmedia: people: jack london
media introduction:
image credit: "London, Jack, portrait photograph" by Arnold Genthe c. 1906-1916. Library of Congress Call Number: LC-G3999-0049-E [P&P] Genthe Collection. [.html] Low resolution digital image hosted at [loc.gov].
Maurizio Braucci, Jack London, Pietro Marcello. Martin Eden. Italy: Avventurosa, IBC Movie, Rai Cinema, 2019. Trailer hosted by [.youtube].
This is a loose adaptation of the book but the movie won a Platform Prize at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Ruggero Cini, Dario Farina, Billie Hughes. Martin Eden. Italy, 1979.
Billie Hughes wrote lyrics for and performed this song in the 1979 movie based on the 1909 book. The song was a commercial success in Europe. It opened the mini-series:
Giacomo Battiato, Jack London. Martin Eden. Italy: RAI, 1979. Dubbed into German and hosted by [.youtube].
The Czech artist Petr Rezek covered the Billie Hughes song in 1984.
Centrum, Petr Rezek. Tulák po hvězdách. Czech: Supraphon, 1984. Hosted by [.youtube].
Jack London, W.L. River, Sidney Salkow. The Adventures of Martin Eden. United States: Columbia Pictures, 1942. Hosted by [.youtube].
This adaptation stars Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes.
standard narrative:
Oscar Handlin. America: A History. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. 704, 843, 850-851, 854-856.
Handlin on London:
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Calvin D. Linton (ed). The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America. Nashville and New York: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1975. 289. (second printing.)
Linton on London:
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Keith Ian Polakoff, Norman Rosenberg, Grania Bolton, Ronald Story, Jordon Schwarz. Generations of Americans: A History of the United States. New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1976. 523.
Polakoff (et al.):
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Howard Zinn. A Peoples History Of The United States. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005. (First Published: 1980). 322, 365.
Phillip Jenkins. A History of the United States. Second edition. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 188-189, 194-196. (First published, 1997.)
Jenkins on London:
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primary sources:
Jack London. Martin Eden. (1909). [.pdf].
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Jack London, Jonah Raskin (ed). The Radical Jack London: Writings on War and Revolution. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.
Raskin on London:
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media introduction:
image credit: "London, Jack, portrait photograph" by Arnold Genthe c. 1906-1916. Library of Congress Call Number: LC-G3999-0049-E [P&P] Genthe Collection. [.html] Low resolution digital image hosted at [loc.gov].
Maurizio Braucci, Jack London, Pietro Marcello. Martin Eden. Italy: Avventurosa, IBC Movie, Rai Cinema, 2019. Trailer hosted by [.youtube].
This is a loose adaptation of the book but the movie won a Platform Prize at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Ruggero Cini, Dario Farina, Billie Hughes. Martin Eden. Italy, 1979.
Billie Hughes wrote lyrics for and performed this song in the 1979 movie based on the 1909 book. The song was a commercial success in Europe. It opened the mini-series:
Giacomo Battiato, Jack London. Martin Eden. Italy: RAI, 1979. Dubbed into German and hosted by [.youtube].
The Czech artist Petr Rezek covered the Billie Hughes song in 1984.
Centrum, Petr Rezek. Tulák po hvězdách. Czech: Supraphon, 1984. Hosted by [.youtube].
Jack London, W.L. River, Sidney Salkow. The Adventures of Martin Eden. United States: Columbia Pictures, 1942. Hosted by [.youtube].
This adaptation stars Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes.
standard narrative:
Oscar Handlin. America: A History. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. 704, 843, 850-851, 854-856.
Handlin on London:
[load text]
Calvin D. Linton (ed). The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America. Nashville and New York: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1975. 289. (second printing.)
Linton on London:
[load text]
Keith Ian Polakoff, Norman Rosenberg, Grania Bolton, Ronald Story, Jordon Schwarz. Generations of Americans: A History of the United States. New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1976. 523.
Polakoff (et al.):
[load text]
Howard Zinn. A Peoples History Of The United States. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005. (First Published: 1980). 322, 365.
Phillip Jenkins. A History of the United States. Second edition. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 188-189, 194-196. (First published, 1997.)
Jenkins on London:
[load text]
primary sources:
Jack London. Martin Eden. (1909). [.pdf].
[load text]
Jack London, Jonah Raskin (ed). The Radical Jack London: Writings on War and Revolution. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.
Raskin on London:
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