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The pull of politics : Steinbeck, Wright, Hemingway and the left in the late 1930s
- Title
- The pull of politics : Steinbeck, Wright, Hemingway and the left in the late 1930s / Milton A. Cohen.
- Author
- Cohen, Milton A.
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- ix, 373 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "John Steinbeck, Richard Wright, and Ernest Hemingway shared two significant similarities in the late 1930s. First, they wrote the most important American novels of 1939 and 1940: The Grapes of Wrath, Native Son, and For Whom the Bell Tolls, novels that enjoyed enormous critical acclaim and popular success. Second, they had recently gravitated to the Left or were already residing there when they wrote these novels, and their political commitment directly informed their fiction"--
- Subjects
- Politics and literature
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Native son
- Political and social views
- Right and left (Political science) in literature
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 > For whom the bell tolls
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Political and social views
- 1900-1999
- Novelists, American > 20th century > Political and social views
- For whom the bell tolls (Hemingway, Ernest)
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 > Political and social views
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 > Grapes of wrath
- Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century
- United States
- History
- African American authors > Criticism and interpretation
- Grapes of wrath (Steinbeck, John)
- Politics in literature
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 > Political and social views
- Authors, American > Criticism and interpretation
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part 1. Steinbeck:1934-1939 -- Wright: 1933-1939 -- Hemingway: 1932-1939 -- Synthesis: three pulls to the left -- Part 2. The Grapes of Wrath: passionate contradictions -- Native Son: Who is Bigger Thomas -- For Whom the Bell Tolls: Robert Jordan's (and Ernest Hemingway's) "True Book" -- Part 3. Falling away.
- Call Number
- Sc E 19-812
- ISBN
- 9780826221636
- 0826221637
- 9780826274151 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018014592
- OCLC
- 1030378782
- Author
- Cohen, Milton A., author.
- Title
- The pull of politics : Steinbeck, Wright, Hemingway and the left in the late 1930s / Milton A. Cohen.
- Publisher
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 19-812JFE 18-8601