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. Hosted by [.youtube].
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. Hosted by [.youtube].
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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