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| Name: |
Upton Beale Sinclair, Jr. | | Birth Date: |
September 20, 1878 | | Death Date: |
November 25, 1968 | | Place of Birth: |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States | | Place of Death: |
Bound Brook, New Jersey, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Upton Beale Sinclair, Jr.
473 words, approx. 2 pages
 Upton Beale Sinclair, Jr. (1878-1968), American novelist and political writer, was one of the most influential muckraking writers of the 1900s. He continued to write and speak for reform for many years. Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland,... summary from source:
Biography of Upton Beale Sinclair, Jr.
4,285 words, approx. 14 pages
 Upton Sinclair was a writer whose main concerns were politics and economics. His ideas about literature—his own, written over more than six decades, and that of others—were inseparable from his dreams of social justice. Consequently, the... summary from source:
 Biography of Upton (Beall) Sinclair
3,897 words, approx. 13 pages
Upton Sinclair was a writer whose main concerns were politics and economics. His ideas about literature--his own, written over more than six decades, and that of others--were inseparable from his dreams of social justice. Consequently, the great... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968) Summary
509 words, approx. 2 pagesAmerican novelist Upton Sinclair is most famous for his 1906 novel The Jungle and the reforms to which it gave rise. Sinclair was a muckraker—so dubbed by President Theodore Roosevelt, who regarded them as a nuisance—one of a group of... summary from source:
 Upton Sinclair Information
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Upton Sinclair Upton_Beall_Sinclair_Jr.jpg}} | Born September 20 1878 ( 1878-09-20 ) Baltimore, Maryland Died November 25 1968 (aged 90) Bound Brook, New Jersey Occupation Novelist, writer, journalist, political activist Nationality American Upton...
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 Reuters North American News Service Los Angeles film critics honor Day-Lewis drama
12/10/2007: 360 words, approx. 1 pages LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "There Will Be Blood," a period drama depicting the rise and fall of a rugged prospector, won three key awards including best picture of the year from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Sunday. Its star, Daniel Day-Lewis, was named... summary from source:
AP News Film critics honor 'There Will Be Blood'
1/6/2008: 290 words, approx. 1 pagesThe National Society of Film Critics on Saturday named "There Will Be Blood," a gritty tale about a turn-of-the-century oil man infected with greed, the best picture of 2007.The film topped Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and Joel and Ethan Coen's harrowing...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Jon A. Yoder
1,653 words, approx. 6 pages
[If] literature is an attempt to place ideology before readers in an understandable way, an obvious spokesman becomes a convenient tool rather than a literary liability. In this way Sinclair hoped to produce "propaganda of vitality and importance"—propaganda defined by Sinclair as the spreading of democratic socialism. (pp. 12-13) Far from a foreign ideology, Sinclair's concept of American socialism retained every significant aspect of an idealism often referred to as the America... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Van Wyck Brooks
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It is natural that Mr. Sinclair should be popular with the dispossessed: they who are so seldom flattered find in his pages a land of milk and honey. Here all the workers wear haloes of pure golden sunlight and all the capitalists have horns and tails; socialists with fashionable English wives invariably turn yellow at the appropriate moment, and rich men's sons are humbled in the dust, winsome lasses are always true unless their fathers have money in the bank, and wives never understand their husban... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Walter B. Rideout
435 words, approx. 2 pages
Both in life and in writings Sinclair has attempted, as did Dickens, to be the persuading intermediary between the contending classes. With admirable sweetness of temper, considering his lack of success, he has continued to argue that the owning class should perform a revolution by consent, that the capitalist should give up his profits and power in exchange for citizenship in an industrial democracy. But in the novels that he has so prodigally brought forth year after year since the publication of The Jung...
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Essay Grade: 95%Upton Sinclair and His Influence on Society
1,975 words, approx. 7 pages
Upton Sinclair influenced society in many ways. His work reflects socialistic views and he achieved worldwide recognition extremely easily. He influenced society through the publication of The Jungle, which led to the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. He also responded to other people's criticism of his works through letters and articles and wrote numerous influential novels about things that were happening during the time period he lived. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 92%Upton Sinclair
1,506 words, approx. 5 pages
Essay discusses the life and accomplishments of Upton Sinclair.
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