Call of the wild
Posted by R. Berg on October 07, 2001
In Reply to: Need the meaning and the usage of the phrase posted by Sudhendranath Yammanur on October 07, 2001
: Please do let me know where this phrase "The call of the wild " is used with a few examples at the earliest.
"The Call of the Wild" is a novel by Jack London and is available online at www.literature.org/
Its hero is Buck, a sled dog. Here "call" is understood to mean
summoning or urging, and "the wild" has the sense of outdoor nature,
the primitive, the realm of instinct.