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Readings on John Steinbeck

Title
Readings on John Steinbeck / Clarice Swisher, book editor.
Publication
San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1996.

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Additional Authors
Swisher, Clarice, 1933-
Description
192 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
The Greenhaven Press literary companion to American authors
Alternative Title
John Steinbeck
Subject
  • California > In literature
  • Mexican Americans in literature
  • Naturalism in literature
  • Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Western stories > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-186) and index.
  • "Works by John Steinbeck": p. 182-184.
Contents
John Steinbeck : a biography -- How six short novels came to be / John Steinbeck -- John Steinbeck's authentic characters / Joseph Warren Beach -- John Steinbeck's naturalism / Charles Child Walcutt -- Escape and commitment in John Steinbeck's heroes / Peter Lisca -- John Steinbeck : a successful failure / R.W.B. Lewis -- John Steinbeck's Paisano knights / Charles R. Metzger -- John Steinbeck's myth of manhood / Dan Vogel -- John Steinbeck's mature style in The red pony / Harry Thornton Moore -- Oneness and mysticism in The red pony / Arnold L. Goldsmith -- Jody's growing awareness in The red pony / Warren French -- The allegory of The pearl / Harry Morris -- The parable of The pearl / Howard Levant -- Symbolic creatures in The pearl / Martha Heasley Cox -- Attitudes toward the poor in Of mice and men / Edwin Berry Burgum -- Patterns that make meaning in Of mice and men / Peter Lisca -- Of mice and men : a knight dismounted and a dream ended / Warren French -- Christian symbolism in The grapes of wrath / Martin Shockley -- Artistic and thematic structure in The grapes of wrath / J.P. Hunter -- Indestructible women in The grapes of wrath / Mimi Reisel Gladstein -- John Steinbeck's call to conversion in The grapes of wrath / Stephen Railton -- John Steinbeck awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature / Carl E. Rallyson, Jr.
ISBN
  • 1565104676 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
  • 1565104684 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1565104692
LCCN
95051243
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