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1、TheseawolfAuthor:JackLondonCountry:UnitedStatesLanguage:EnglishGenre:AdventurenovelPublisher:MacmillanPublicationdate:1904BriefintroductionTheSea-Wolfisa1904psychologicaladventurenovelbyAmericannovelistJackLondonaboutaliterarycritic,survivorofanoceancollision,whocom
2、esunderthedominanceofWolfLarsen,thepowerfulandviolentseacaptainwhorescueshim.ItsfirstprintingoffortythousandcopieswereimmediatelysoldoutbeforepublicationonthestrengthofLondon'spreviousTheCalloftheWildBackgroundThepersonalcharacterofthenovel's"WolfLarsen"wasattribute
3、dtoarealsailorLondonhadknown,CaptainAlexMacLean.AccordingtoLondonhimself,"muchoftheSeaWolfisimaginarydevelopment,butthebasisisAlexanderMcLean".CaptainAlexMacLean,orMcLean, wasbornMay15,1858inEastBay,NovaScotia.HedidsailmostlyinthePacificNorthWestwithhisbrother,Capta
4、inDanMacLean.MacLeanwasatonetimetheSheriffofNome,Alaska.TheMacLeanCaptainsmaintainedtheirtiestoCapeBretonIslanddespitehavingspentmuchoftheirlivessailingthePacificCoastanddohavelivingdescendants[diˈsendənts].What’sthisstoryaboutCompetitionbetweenthestrongandweakSurvi
5、valThelawofjungle:thestrongpreyuponweakeronesHeroism['herəuizəm]PhilosophyofsupermanThethemeInthenovel,theauthorworksleadreadersintothewilderness,straightforwardboldandunconstrainedlifeexperienceofwildruthlessandfeelthedarksideoftheruthlesspeoplebornwithprimitivelif
6、ebrilliance,Alsoexposesthecapitalistsociety,theclienttoglanceatthetoughnessoflaborpersonnelsufferingandsympathy.CharactersinthestoryHumphreyVanWeyden:literarycritic,believeintheeternalsoul,individualist,materialistWolfLarsen:captainofschoonerGhost,brutal,cynical,int
7、elligent,violent,strongandpowerfulMaudBrewster:arichandbeautifulyoungpoetCommentsonthisbookThefamousAmericannovelistJackLondon'swritings,thesea-wolfisrecognizedastheseaissubjecttowriteinoneofthebestwarnovels.Thisstorywrittenandhavenotonlyintheliteratureflavor,epicwo
8、ngreatsuccess,butalsoonthescreenisawelcome.Comments(continued)thisworksreflectLondon’sconflictbetweenheartandfraud,"theidealismandthemater
