10 April 2008
Upton Sinclair
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The success of the film There Will Be Blood has brought the work of American writer Upton Sinclair back to public attention. There Will Be Blood is loosely based on Sinclair's book Oil!, written in 1927. Well known in the early part of the 20th century, Upton Sinclair wrote more than 90 books, the most famous of which was his 1906 novel The Jungle, which dealt with conditions in the US meat packing industry and caused a public uproar. Don Anderson joins Ramona Koval to discuss this early 20th century writer who once had a much more prominent literary and public profile.
Guests
Don Anderson
Former lecturer in literature at the University of Sydney
specialising in 20th century American literature
Publications
Title: Oil!
Author: Upton Sinclair
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN-13 9780 1410 3170 5
Title: The Jungle
Author: Upton Sinclair
Price: Random House
ISBN-13 9780 8129 7623 6
Presenter
Ramona Koval
Producer
Michael Shirrefs
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