Upton Sinclair

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Damaged Goods The Great Play "Les Avaries" Of Eugene Brieux

Beschreibung

"DAMAGED GOODS" is an effective play written by way of Upton Sinclair. Explores the stigma and consequences surrounding sexually transmitted infections inside the early twentieth century. Through its characters and plot, "DAMAGED GOODS" delves into the moral and social implications of venereal diseases, addressing the misunderstandings, worry, and shame associated with these situations. Upton Sinclair, while no longer the author of "DAMAGED GOODS," changed into a prolific American writer and social reformer acknowledged for his investigative works. Sinclair writing frequently uncovered societal injustices and aimed to result in nice change. His exceptional works encompass "The Jungle," a critique of the meatpacking enterprise, and "Oil!" a singular exploring the American oil enterprise. Though not without delay related to "DAMAGED GOODS," each Brieux's play and Sinclair's writings mirror a shared dedication to addressing societal problems and promoting cognizance approximately the human condition, albeit in different contexts and via one-of-a-kind mediums.

Autor

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American author, sleuth, political organizer, and writer who was born September 20, 1878, and died November 25, 1968. He was the Democratic Party's candidate for governor of California in 1934. He put together almost 100 books and other types of writing. In the first half of the 20th century, Sinclair's writing was well-known and liked. In 1943, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Sinclair became famous in 1906 for his classic muck-raking novel, The Jungle. This book showed how dirty and unsafe the U.S. meatpacking industry was, which caused a public uproar that helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act a few months later. He wrote a dirty book about American journalism called "The Brass Check" in 1919. It brought attention to the problem of "yellow journalism" and the limits of the "free press" in the US. Henry Ford's rise to power, including his "wage reform" and the Sociological Department at his company, is told in The Flivver King. It also talks about Ford's fall into antisemitism as editor of The Dearborn Independent. In the coal fields of Colorado, King Coal talks to John D. Rockefeller Jr. about his part in the Ludlow Massacre the year before.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 128g
• ISBN-13: 9789360468422
• ISBN-10: 9360468428
• Artikelnr.: 69897855