Burning Daylight

For other uses, see Burning Daylight (disambiguation).

Burning Daylight
First edition cover
AuthorJack London
PublisherMacmillan Publishers (United States)
Publication date
1910

Burning Daylight is a novel by Jack London, published in 1910, one of the best-selling books of that year[1] and London's best-selling book in his lifetime.[2] The novel has been adapted for film.

Plot

The first part of the novel[3] takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893 and in Alaska.[4] The second part of the novel takes place in San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area.[4] "Burning Daylight", the main character, is partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith,[5] but named for Elam Harnish (1866-1941).[6]

Distribution

In 1910, the New York Herald published the novel serially, later that year, Macmillan published the novel as a book.[7][8][9][10]

Etymology

Shakespeare uses "burning daylight" in Romeo and Juliet and The Merry Wives of Windsor.[7]

American film adaptations

Canadian film adaptation

  • Burning Daylight (2010)

The film, set in New York City, shot entirely in and around Toronto,[13] starring Robert Knepper,[14] was produced[15][16] and directed by Kazakhstani-Canadian[17] Sanzhar Sultanov. This version, based on two short stories and the novel,[18] concentrated on the second half of the book, " in Civilization". The film had a Jack London Foundation benefit preview screening on August 9, 2010 at the Sebastiani Theater in Jack London's late-life hometown of Sonoma, California.[19][20]

USSR (Russia) film adaptation

Reception

Some critics see Burning Daylight not a novel but a series of short stories.[21]

References

  1. ^ Kingman, Russ (1979). A Pictorial Life of Jack London. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-517-53163-1.
  2. ^ Ladd, Kristin Yoshiko (1 August 2013). "Jack London: Landscape, Love, and Place". All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Utah State University. doi:10.26076/e38d-1a45. Retrieved 3 January 2023. Free access icon
  3. ^ "Burning Daylight". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Burning Daylight". Jack London State Historic Park. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. ^ Hildebrand, George Herbert (1982). Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith. San Diego: Howell-North Books. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8310-7148-6.
  6. ^ Carey, Michael (July 20, 2021). "When fiction borrows from real life: the Alaskan behind London's 'Burning Daylight'". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Join the discussion on London's 'Burning Daylight'". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Jack London Papers". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Jack London Newsletter Index". Jack London Online. Sonoma State University. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  10. ^ Williams, Tony (1999). "Complicity and Resistance in Jack London's Novels: From Naturalism to Nature by Christopher Gair". Western American Literature. 33 (4): 433–434. doi:10.1353/wal.1999.0003. S2CID 166020078. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Burning Daylight: The Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Alaska". Catalog. AFI. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Burning Daylight: The Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Civilization". Catalog. AFI. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Rick Cordeiro, Actor, Hamilton / Toronto, Canada". mandy.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Exclusive Interview: CULT star Robert Knepper on the CW series and R.I.P.D. – Part 2". Assignment X. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  15. ^ Vlessing, Etan. "Fight Network investor Loudon Owen gets into the movie game". Playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  16. ^ Vlessing, Etan (20 February 2013). "Canadian Microsoft Slayer Loudon Owen Launches Movie Shingle (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Kazakh director Sanzhar Sultanov produces Canadian film". Tengrinews.kz. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  18. ^ "Burning Daylight (2010)". AllMovie. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  19. ^ Robinson, Bruce (2010-08-09). "Burning Daylight". Northern California Public Media. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  20. ^ Jack London Foundation (August 9, 2010). "Exciting Upcoming Event! Pre-Release Screening of New Full-Length Feature Film . . . Jack London Stories!". Eventbrite. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  21. ^ Mambrol, Nasrullah (3 January 2019). "Analysis of Jack London's Novels". literariness.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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