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Schopenhauer in Jack London’s The Sea-Wolf: A Comparative Analysis
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Abstract
As a notable work of American nautical fiction, The Sea-Wolf is a defining work of the novelist Jack London in his early career, paving the way for his future adventurous novels, including The Iron Heel, Martin Eden, and White Fang. This comparative study aims to inquire on Schopenhauerian philosophy’s affinities with London’s The Sea-Wolf by examining the antagonist, Wolf Larsen’s materialistic philosophy, and investigating Larsen as a Schopenhauerian genius and his controversial characterization as a Nietzschean Übermensch.
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Arthur Schopenhauer, Wolf Larsen, genius, superman, Jack London, Friedrich Nietzsche, The Sea-Wolf
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Hu,B. (2023). Schopenhauer in Jack London’s The Sea-Wolf: A Comparative Analysis. Communications in Humanities Research,2,443-450.
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