CRITICISM

Blinderman, Abraham, ed. Critics on Upton Sinclair: Readings in Literary Criticism. Coral Gables, Fla.: University of Miami Press, 1975, 128 p.

Contains a section on early criticism of The Jungle.

Cook, Timothy. “Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Orwell's Animal Farm: A Relationship Explored.” Modern Fiction Studies 30, no. 4 (Winter 1984): 696-703.

Views Orwell's Animal Farm as a possible response to the socialist idealism of The Jungle.

Folsom, Michael Brewster. “Upton Sinclair's Escape from The Jungle: The Narrative Strategy and Suppressed Conclusion of America's First Proletarian Novel.” Prospects: An Annual of American Cultural Studies 4 (1979): 237-66.

Argues against interpretations of The Jungle as a mere muckraking novel.

O'Shea, Elzbieta. “The Whale and ‘The Jungle.’” In Upton Sinclair: Literature and Social Reform, edited by Dieter Herms, pp. 141-73. Frankfort, Germany: Peter Lang, 1990.

Compares The Jungle's long-term social influence and ideals with elements in Moby Dick.

Suh, Suk Bong. “Fact and Fiction: The Jungle, I” and “Fact and Fiction: The Jungle, II.” In Upton Sinclair and The Jungle, pp. 119-51; 153-74. Seoul, South Korea: American Studies Institute, 1997.

Considers The Jungle as a biographical as well as historical novel, and offers a close examination of the workers and socialists represented by Sinclair.

Additional coverage of Sinclair's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: American Writers Supplement, Vol. 5; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 3; Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults, Vol. 2; Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, 1929-1941; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8R; 25-28R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 7; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 11, 15, 63; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 9; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors 3.0; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors and Novelists; Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Ed. 3; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 3; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Novels for Students, Vol. 6; Reference Guide to American Literature, Ed. 4; Something About the Author, Vol. 9; St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers; Twayne's United States Authors; and World Literature Criticism.