Is Upton Sinclair a Muckraker?

Sinclair thought of himself as a novelist, not as a muckraker who investigated and wrote about economic and social injustices. But The Jungle took on a life of its own as one of the great muckraking works of the Progressive Era. Sinclair became an "accidental muckraker."

Who were known as muckrakers?

Muckrakers were a group of writers, including the likes of Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell, during the Progressive era who tried to expose the problems that existed in American society as a result of the rise of big business, urbanization, and immigration.

Was The Jungle a muckraker?

The Jungle is a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). ... Sinclair was considered a muckraker, a journalist who exposed corruption in government and business.