Martin Eden is a 1909 novel by American author Jack London about a young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909 and published in book form by Macmillan in September 1909.
Eden represents writers' frustration with publishers by speculating that when he mails off a manuscript, a "cunning arrangement of cogs" immediately puts it in a new envelope and returns it automatically with a rejection slip. The central theme of Eden's developing artistic sensibilities places the novel in the tradition of the Künstlerroman, in which is narrated the formation and development of an artist.
Eden differs from London in that Eden rejects socialism, attacking it as "slave morality", and relies on a Nietzschean individualism. In a note to Upton Sinclair, London wrote, "One of my motifs, in this book, was an attack on individualism (in the person of the hero). I must have bungled, for not a single reviewer has discovered it."
"Martin Eden" is a song by French hip hop artist Nekfeu, produced by himself and DJ Elite. The first track from Nekfeu's debut studio album Feu, the song entered the French Singles Chart at number 129 on 20 June 2015, where it has since peaked, despite not being officially released as a single.
"Martin Eden" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Billie Hughes with Italian composers Ruggero Cini and Dario Farina. It was written from the composers theme from the 1979 TV mini-series Martin Eden, based on the Jack London novel of the same name, directed by Giacomo Battiato.
The song was recorded by Hughes and released as a single in Europe where it topped the Billboard charts in several territories, such as Sweden where it reached number 2. It was covered in Polish by the band Smugglers in 2009.
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Black out the windows
I'ts pary time
You know how I love stormy weather
So, let's all play suicide
The crowd wants you bleeding
The eyes from your head
Get off your knees
You'll be fine-
How wide?
How deep the river?
Black-as dark as night
How long?
How far?
I'll know when I get to the other side
Whatever it is you've stolen
I'll recognize
I'll sympathize
I reckon that I've seen it all-
and start falling-
I breathe in
Unchain myself-
Tonite's the night
No wind, rain, conversation-
Brings me back alive tonite
How wide?
How deep the river black as night?
Black out the windows
It's party time
I see a light
That I recognize...