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Duneer's fresh discoveries and interpretations, informed by her deep knowledge of London, of maritime traditions, and of travel narratives and literary treatments of the sea, make this book an original and significant contribution to the fields of American literature, maritime literature, and Jack London studies. --Donna Campbell, author of Bitter Tastes: Literary Naturalism and Early Cinema in American Women's Writing

This superb book is a lasting contribution to Jack London studies, Naturalism, and American literature by a highly recognized expert on London's literary works and an experienced sailor. --Jeanne Campbell Reesman, author of Jack London's Racial Lives: A Critical Biography Duneer's fresh discoveries and interpretations, informed by her deep knowledge of London, of maritime traditions, and of travel narratives and literary treatments of the sea, make this book an original and significant contribution to the fields of American literature, maritime literature, and Jack London studies. --Donna Campbell, author of Bitter Tastes: Literary Naturalism and Early Cinema in American Women's Writing Jack London and the Sea is an impressive achievement. Drawing upon a thorough understanding of nautical lore, both actual and fictional, Anita Duneer documents the centrality of the sea to London's work, with illuminating connections to historical, literary, contextual, and manuscript sources. Duneer shows that London's sea fiction is a significant body of work rivaling the importance and influence of his better-known Klondike fiction. Written in lucid prose and an engaging style, Jack London and the Sea is a rich and provocative study, sure to interest readers of London's work and South Seas fiction more generally. --Keith Newlin, Editor, Studies in American Naturalism

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Anita Duneer is professor of English at Rhode Island College. Her scholarship has appeared in The Oxford Handbook of Literary Realism, Studies in American Naturalism, and American Literary Realism, among other places.

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