Título: The Jungle (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Autor: Upton Sinclair
Sinopse: The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Upton Sinclair’s muckraking masterpiece The Jungle centers on Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant working in Chicago’s infamous Packingtown. Instead of finding the American Dream, Rudkus and his family inhabit a brutal, soul-crushing urban jungle dominated by greedy bosses, pitiless con-men, and corrupt politicians. While Sinclair’s main target was the industry’s appalling labor conditions, the reading public was most outraged by the disgusting filth and contamination in American food that his novel exposed. As a result, President Theodore Roosevelt demanded an official investigation, which quickly led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws. For a work of fiction to have such an impact outside its literary context is extremely rare. (At the time of The Jungle’s publication in 1906, the only novel to have led to social change on a similar scale in America was Uncle Tom’s Cabin.) Today, The Jungle remains a relevant portrait of capitalism at its worst and an impassioned account of the human spirit facing nearly insurmountable challenges. Maura Spiegel teaches literature and film at Columbia University and Barnard College. She is the coauthor of The Grim Reader and The Breast Book: An Intimate and Curious History. She coedits Literature and Medicine, a journal.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Jungle (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)”, de Upton Sinclair, publicado pela editora Barnes & Noble Classics, em 2004 e com 400 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Barnes & Noble Classics
Páginas: 400
Ano: 2004
Edição: 3d
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9781593081645
ISBN13: 9781593081645
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Barnes & Noble Classics oferecem uma experiência de leitura enriquecida, com edições que combinam textos clássicos da literatura e do pensamento com recursos críticos e históricos. A coleção privilegia obras que atravessam séculos, desde epopeias antigas até romances do século XIX e ensaios influentes, sempre apresentadas com introduções, cronologias e notas que contextualizam o leitor. O tom varia entre narrativas densas e reflexivas, como as de grandes romances realistas, e textos que exploram conflitos sociais ou dilemas morais, com ritmo que pode ser tanto contemplativo quanto marcado por tensão dramática. O catálogo traz obras que dialogam com questões históricas e culturais, frequentemente acompanhadas de comentários que ampliam a compreensão do leitor sobre o impacto literário e social dessas obras.
