Jack London, the socialist dream of a young poet

• Jesus Isaias Gomez Lopez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Almería

     Universidad de Almería

     Almería, España

     
• Localización: Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos, ISSN-e 2253-8410, ISSN 1133-309X, Nº. 24, 2020, págs. 93-112
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Jack London began writing poetry in May 1897. From then on, the lyrical process, in the form of odd, single lines, stanzas and complete poems, would be present throughout his career as a novelist, essayist and short-story writer. His most ambitiously prolific period was between 1897 and 1899, and by the age of twenty-three he had already composed and published most of his poems. London's incursion into poetry was not fortuitous, and instead was a deliberate, personal decision to enter what he hoped would be a lucrative profession. This began in May 1897, with the poem "Effusion", which launched what was to be a short but vibrant poetic career. London's poetry is replete with a wide disparity of issues and is fruit of the most intimate and existential expression of a young poet who aspired to make poetry the literary and vocational tool with which to become a crucial figure in the promising socialist ideal for the fin de siècle.