Brigman Award Winner: The Intuition of the Revolutionary Artist in The Iron Heel

Jack London's 1908 novel The Iron Heel is a novel about a dystopian world crushed by capitalism and later revived by socialism. It has attracted attention from literary critics and revolutionaries alike for its prescient insights into 20th century politics.

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Published in:Journal of popular culture 2019-02, Vol.52 (1), p.199-210
Main Author: Garcia, Thomas Ray
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Activism
American literature
Capitalism
Dystopias
Future
Intuition
Iron
Literary criticism
London, Jack (1876-1916)
Novels
Politics
Predictions
Science fiction & fantasy
Socialism
Speculative fiction
Trotsky, Leon (Lev Davidovich Bronstein) (1879-1940)
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Summary:Jack London's 1908 novel The Iron Heel is a novel about a dystopian world crushed by capitalism and later revived by socialism. It has attracted attention from literary critics and revolutionaries alike for its prescient insights into 20th century politics.
ISSN:0022-3840
1540-5931
DOI:10.1111/jpcu.12761