The Kempton-Wace Letters

The Kempton-Wace Letters

ByAnna Strunsky Walling

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The Kempton-Wace Letters was a 1903 epistolary novel written jointly by Americans Jack London and Anna Strunsky, then based in San Francisco, California. It was published anonymously.The novel presents a discussion of the philosophy of love and sex, written in the form of a series of letters between two men, "Herbert Wace," a young scientist, and "Dane Kempton," an elderly poet. Writer Jack London wrote "Wace's" letters, and Anna Strunsky wrote "Kempton's." In the late 19th century, the authors were part of a San Francisco radical literary group known as "The Crowd. "Kempton makes the case for feeling and emotion, while Wace proceeds "scientifically" and analyzes love in Darwinian terms:Initially the public was piqued by the anonymity of the writers and the book was moderately successful. Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kempton-Wace_Letters Hint: You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book.

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Publication Date
Jun 8, 2016
Language
English
Category
Fiction
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Anna Strunsky Walling

Specifications

Pages
130
Binding Type
Paperback Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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